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The Statement of Allāh تعالى:

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Darussalam · Volume 3

30 - THE BOOK OF AS-SAUM (1)(THE FASTING)

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الحديث: 1916 ¦ الجزء: 3 ¦ الصفحة: 28

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1916. Narrated 'Adī bin Hātīm رضي الله عنه: When the following Verses were revealed: “Until the white thread appears to you distinct from the black thread, I took two (hair) strings, one black and the other white, and kept them under my pillow and went on looking at them throughout the night but could not make anything out of it. So, the next morning I went to Allāh's Messenger ﷺ and told him the whole story. He explained to me, “That Verse means the darkness of night and the whiteness of dawn.”

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1916 - حَدَّثَنَا حَجَّاجُ بْنُ مِنْهَالٍ، حَدَّثَنَا هُشَيْمٌ، قَالَ: أَخْبَرَنِي حُصَيْنُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ، عَنْ عَدِيِّ بْنِ حَاتِمٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ، قَالَ: لَمَّا نَزَلَتْ: {حَتَّى يَتَبَيَّنَ لَكُمُ الخَيْطُ الأَبْيَضُ مِنَ الخَيْطِ الأَسْوَدِ} [البقرة: 187] عَمَدْتُ إِلَى عِقَالٍ أَسْوَدَ، وَإِلَى عِقَالٍ أَبْيَضَ، فَجَعَلْتُهُمَا تَحْتَ وِسَادَتِي، فَجَعَلْتُ أَنْظُرُ فِي اللَّيْلِ، فَلاَ يَسْتَبِينُ لِي، فَغَدَوْتُ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، فَذَكَرْتُ لَهُ ذَلِكَ فَقَالَ: «إِنَّمَا ذَلِكَ سَوَادُ اللَّيْلِ وَبَيَاضُ النَّهَارِ»

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