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صحيح البخاري
Bukhari
كتاب الصومThe Book of As-Saum (The Fasting).
بَابُ قَوْلِ اللَّهِ جَلَّ ذِكْرُهُ: {أُحِلَّ لَكُمْ لَيْلَةَ الصِّيَامِ الرَّفَثُ إِلَى نِسَائِكُمْ هُنَّ لِبَاسٌ لَكُمْ وَأَنْتُمْ لِبَاسٌ لَهُنَّ عَلِمَ اللَّهُ أَنَّكُمْ كُنْتُمْ تَخْتَانُونَ أَنْفُسَكُمْ فَتَابَ عَلَيْكُمْ وَعَفَا عَنْكُمْ فَالآنَ بَاشِرُوهُنَّ وَابْتَغُوا مَا كَتَبَ اللَّهُ لَكُمْ} :Chapter. The Statement of Allah: “It is made lawful for you to have sexual relations with your wives on the night of the As-Saum (the fasts)”.
Hadith 1915
اُردوEn
حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُوسَى ، عَنْ إِسْرَائِيلَ ، عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ ، عَنْ الْبَرَاءِ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ ، قَالَ : " كَانَ أَصْحَابُ مُحَمَّدٍ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، إِذَا كَانَ الرَّجُلُ صَائِمًا فَحَضَرَ الْإِفْطَارُ فَنَامَ قَبْلَ أَنْ يُفْطِرَ ، لَمْ يَأْكُلْ لَيْلَتَهُ وَلَا يَوْمَهُ حَتَّى يُمْسِيَ " ، وَإِنَّ قَيْسَ بْنَ صِرْمَةَ الْأَنْصَارِيَّ كَانَ صَائِمًا ، فَلَمَّا حَضَرَ الْإِفْطَارُ أَتَى امْرَأَتَهُ ، فَقَالَ لَهَا : أَعِنْدَكِ طَعَامٌ ؟ قَالَتْ : لَا ، وَلَكِنْ أَنْطَلِقُ فَأَطْلُبُ لَكَ ، وَكَانَ يَوْمَهُ يَعْمَلُ فَغَلَبَتْهُ عَيْنَاهُ ، فَجَاءَتْهُ امْرَأَتُهُ ، فَلَمَّا رَأَتْهُ ، قَالَتْ : خَيْبَةً لَكَ ، فَلَمَّا انْتَصَفَ النَّهَارُ غُشِيَ عَلَيْهِ ، فَذُكِرَ ذَلِكَ لِلنَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، فَنَزَلَتْ هَذِهِ الْآيَةُ : أُحِلَّ لَكُمْ لَيْلَةَ الصِّيَامِ الرَّفَثُ إِلَى نِسَائِكُمْ سورة البقرة آية 187 ، فَفَرِحُوا بِهَا فَرَحًا شَدِيدًا ، وَنَزَلَتْ : وَكُلُوا وَاشْرَبُوا حَتَّى يَتَبَيَّنَ لَكُمُ الْخَيْطُ الأَبْيَضُ مِنَ الْخَيْطِ الأَسْوَدِ سورة البقرة آية 187.
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)
Explanation & Benefits
Maulana Dawood Raz
Hadith Commentary:
In the narration of al-Nasa'i, this matter is stated as follows: when a fasting person would fall asleep before eating the evening meal, he could not eat or drink anything for the entire night until the next evening arrived. In the narration of Abu al-Shaykh, it is mentioned that Muslims would eat and drink and have relations with their wives at the time of breaking the fast, as long as they had not yet slept.
After sleeping, they could not do anything until the end of the next day.
This was the case in the beginning; later, Allah the Exalted informed (the believers) of the details of fasting and made all the difficulties easy.
In the narration of al-Nasa'i, this matter is stated as follows: when a fasting person would fall asleep before eating the evening meal, he could not eat or drink anything for the entire night until the next evening arrived. In the narration of Abu al-Shaykh, it is mentioned that Muslims would eat and drink and have relations with their wives at the time of breaking the fast, as long as they had not yet slept.
After sleeping, they could not do anything until the end of the next day.
This was the case in the beginning; later, Allah the Exalted informed (the believers) of the details of fasting and made all the difficulties easy.
Source: Sahih Bukhari: Commentary by Maulana Dawood Raz, Page: 1915
Shaykh Abdul Sattar al-Hammad
Hadith Commentary:
(1)
Imam Bukhari rahimahullah has taken a noble verse of the Qur’an as the chapter heading, and then presented a Prophetic hadith as its context of revelation (shan-e-nuzul).
(2)
In reality, Imam Bukhari intends to explain the initial state of fasting and the legitimacy (mashru‘iyyat) of the pre-dawn meal (suhoor). Both of these objectives are indicated in the presented hadith. In the beginning, after Maghrib, when one would fall asleep, eating and drinking would become forbidden, and then one would have to remain hungry and thirsty until the next evening. In conformity with the People of the Book (Ahl al-Kitab), the pre-dawn meal (suhoor) was also not taken. Thus, in this noble verse, permission was granted to eat, drink, and have relations with one’s wife after Maghrib, and the legitimacy of the pre-dawn meal (suhoor) was also stated.
(3)
The Messenger of Allah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam said:
“The distinguishing line between our fasting and the fasting of the People of the Book is the pre-dawn meal (suhoor), that is, we partake in suhoor and they do not.”
(Sahih Muslim, Kitab al-Siyam, Hadith: 2550(1096))
(4)
The relevance between the incident of Qays ibn Sirmah radi Allahu anhu and the chapter heading is as follows: when permission for intercourse was granted during the nights of Ramadan, then eating and drinking would, a fortiori, be lawful. After this, its lawfulness was explicitly established.
(Fath al-Bari: 4/169)
And Allah knows best.
(1)
Imam Bukhari rahimahullah has taken a noble verse of the Qur’an as the chapter heading, and then presented a Prophetic hadith as its context of revelation (shan-e-nuzul).
(2)
In reality, Imam Bukhari intends to explain the initial state of fasting and the legitimacy (mashru‘iyyat) of the pre-dawn meal (suhoor). Both of these objectives are indicated in the presented hadith. In the beginning, after Maghrib, when one would fall asleep, eating and drinking would become forbidden, and then one would have to remain hungry and thirsty until the next evening. In conformity with the People of the Book (Ahl al-Kitab), the pre-dawn meal (suhoor) was also not taken. Thus, in this noble verse, permission was granted to eat, drink, and have relations with one’s wife after Maghrib, and the legitimacy of the pre-dawn meal (suhoor) was also stated.
(3)
The Messenger of Allah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam said:
“The distinguishing line between our fasting and the fasting of the People of the Book is the pre-dawn meal (suhoor), that is, we partake in suhoor and they do not.”
(Sahih Muslim, Kitab al-Siyam, Hadith: 2550(1096))
(4)
The relevance between the incident of Qays ibn Sirmah radi Allahu anhu and the chapter heading is as follows: when permission for intercourse was granted during the nights of Ramadan, then eating and drinking would, a fortiori, be lawful. After this, its lawfulness was explicitly established.
(Fath al-Bari: 4/169)
And Allah knows best.
Source: Hidayat al-Qari: Commentary on Sahih Bukhari, Urdu, Page: 1915
