Narrated Anas: Allah's Apostle vowed to keep aloof from his wives for one month, and he had dislocation of his leg. So, he stayed in a Mashruba for 29 nights and then came down. Some people said, O Allah's Apostle! You vowed to stay aloof for one month, He replied, The month is of 29 days.
Read More..Narrated Abu Bakra: The Prophet said, The two months of `Id i.e. Ramadan and Dhul-Hijja, do not decrease (in superiority).
Read More..Narrated Ibn `Umar: The Prophet said, We are an illiterate nation; we neither write, nor know accounts. The month is like this and this, i.e. sometimes of 29 days and sometimes of thirty days.
Read More..Narrated Abu Huraira: The Prophet said, None of you should fast a day or two before the month of Ramadan unless he has the habit of fasting (Nawafil) (and if his fasting coincides with that day) then he can fast that day.
Read More..Narrated Al-Bara: It was the custom among the companions of Muhammad that if any of them was fasting and the food was presented (for breaking his fast), but he slept before eating, he would not eat that night and the following day till sunset. Qais bin Sirma-al-Ansari was fasting and came to his wife at the time of Iftar (breaking one's fast) and asked her whether she had anything to eat. She replied, No, but I would go and bring some for you. He used to do hard work during the day, so he was overwhelmed by sleep and slept. When his wife came and saw him, she said, Disappointment for you. When it was midday on the following day, he fainted and the Prophet was informed about the whole matter and the following verses were revealed: You are permitted To go to your wives (for sexual relation) At the night of fasting. So, they were overjoyed by it. And then Allah also revealed: And eat and drink Until the white thread Of dawn appears to you Distinct from the black thread (of the night). (2.187)
Read More..Narrated `Adi bin Hatim: When the above 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 Allah's Apostle and told him the whole story. He explained to me, That verse means the darkness of the night and the whiteness of the dawn.
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