Narrated Abdullah bin Masud: The Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم as saying: The summons (adhan) of Bilal should not restrain one of you from taking a meal shortly before dawn, for he utters adhan or calls (for prayer) so that the man at prayer may return, and the man asleep may get up. Dawn is not (the whiteness) which indicates thus (in perpendicular) - the narrator Musaddad said: Yahya joined his palms (indicating the spread of whiteness vertically - until it indicates thus - and Yahya spread out two ring-fingers of his (demonstrating the spread of whiteness horizontally)l
Read More..Narrated Talq ibn Ali al-Yamami: The Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم said: Eat and drink; let not the white and ascending light prevent you from (eating and drinking); so eat and drink until the red light spreads horizontally.
Read More..Narrated Adi bin Hatim: When the verse Until the white thread of dawn appear to you distinct from its black thread was revealed, I took a white rope and a black rope, and placed them beneath my pillow ; and then I looked at them, byt they were not clear to me. So I mentioned it to the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم. He laughed and said: Your pillow is so broad and lengthy ; that is (i. e. means) night and day. The version of the narrator Uthman has: That is the blackness of night and whiteness of day.
Read More..Narrated Abu Hurairah: The Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم said: When any of you hears the summons to prayer while he has a vessel in his hand, he should not lay it down till he fulfils his need.
Read More..Narrated Umar: The Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم as saying: When the night approaches from this side and the day retreats on that side, and the sun sets - according to the version of Musaddad - he who fasts has reached the time to break it.
Read More..Narrated Abdullah bin Abi Awfa: We went along with the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم while he was fasting. When the sun set, he said to Bilal: Bilal, come down and prepare barley beverage for us. He said: Messenger of Allah, would that you waited for the evening. He said: Come down and prepare barley beverage for us. He said: Messenger of Allah, the say still remains on you (i. e. there remains the brightness of the day). He said: Come down and prepare barley drink for us. So he came down and prepared barley drink. The Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم drank it and said: When you see that the night approaches from this side, he who fasts has reached the time to break it ; and he pointed to the east with his finger.
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