Darussalam · Volume 3
14. THE BOOK OF FASTINGSunan Abi Dawud Darussalam English translation
الحديث: 2346 ¦ الجزء: 2 ¦ الصفحة: 303
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Sahih
صحيح
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(قلت: إسناده صحيح، رجاله رجال "الصحيح". وأخرجه مسلم وأبو عوانة وابن خزيمة في "صحاحهم". وحسنه الترمذي)
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2346. It was reported from ‘Abdullāh bin Sawādah Al-Qushairī, from his father who said: “I heard Samurah bin Jundab delivering a sermon in which he said: ‘The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: “The Adhān of Bilāl should not prevent you from your Sahūr, neither should the whiteness of horizon which is like this (vertical), until it spreads out horizontally.”’ (Sahīh)
2346 - حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ، حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ سَوَادَةَ الْقُشَيْرِيِّ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، سَمِعْتُ سَمُرَةَ بْنَ جُنْدُبٍ، يَخْطُبُ، وَهُوَ يَقُولُ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «لَا يَمْنَعَنَّ مِنْ سُحُورِكُمْ أَذَانُ بِلَالٍ، وَلَا بَيَاضُ الْأُفْقِ الَّذِي هَكَذَا حَتَّى يَسْتَطِيرَ»
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The dawn is of two types: The false dawn, and the true dawn. Suhūr may be eaten as long as the false dawn lasts, but its time ends as soon as the true dawn appears. Bilāl used to call the Adhān during the false dawn, in order to alert the people. The false dawn is when the whiteness of light begins to ascend towards the sky, but then a more enduring whiteness appears and spreads horizontally all around. This signals the true dawn of the morning.