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The Time Of Suhūr

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Darussalam · Volume 3

14. THE BOOK OF FASTING

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الحديث: 2349 ¦ الجزء: 2 ¦ الصفحة: 304

DarussalamSahihAl-AlbaniSahihAl-Albani(قلت: إسناده على شرط الشيخين. وقد أخرجاه وابن خزيمة في "صحاحهم". وقال الترمذي: "حسن صحيح")
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2349. ‘Adī bin Hātīm said: “When this Verse was revealed: “Until the white thread (light) of dawn appears to you distinct from the black thread (darkness of night)”[3] — I took a white rope and a black rope, and kept them under my pillow. I observed them but could not distinguish between then. Then I mentioned that to the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ. He laughed and said: 'Your pillow must be very long and broad. It is only the night and the day.'" And (in his version) 'Uthmān (one of the narrators) said: "It is only the blackness of night and the whiteness of day." (Sahih)

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2349 - حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ، حَدَّثَنَا حُصَيْنُ بْنُ نُمَيْرٍ، ح وحَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ إِدْرِيسَ، الْمَعْنَى، عَنْ حُصَيْنٍ، عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ، عَنْ عَدِيِّ بْنِ حَاتِمٍ قَالَ: لَمَّا نَزَلَتْ هَذِهِ الْآيَةُ: {حَتَّى يَتَبَيَّنَ لَكُمُ الْخَيْطُ الْأَبْيَضُ} [البقرة: 187] مِنَ الخَيْطِ الْأَسْوَدِ، قَالَ: أَخَذْتُ عِقَالًا أَبْيَضَ وَعِقَالًا أَسْوَدَ، فَوَضَعْتُهُمَا تَحْتَ وِسَادَتِي، فَنَظَرْتُ فَلَمْ أَتَبَيَّنْ، فَذَكَرْتُ ذَلِكَ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، فَضَحِكَ فَقَالَ: «إِنَّ وِسَادَكَ لَعَرِيضٌ طَوِيلٌ، إِنَّمَا هُوَ اللَّيْلُ وَالنَّهَارُ»، وَقَالَ عُثْمَانُ: «إِنَّمَا هُوَ سَوَادُ اللَّيْلِ وَبَيَاضُ النَّهَارِ»

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Footnotes

  1. 1

    [1] Motioning with his hand toward the earth, meaning vertically.

  2. 2

    [2] Holding them extended with the tips together, indicating; horizontally, according to a version recorded by Muslim.

  3. 3

    [3] Al-Baqarah 2:187.

Commentary

What we conclude from this Hadīth is that even an 'Arab would misunderstand the meanings of the Qur'an, without the guidance of the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ explaining its meanings.