Hadith 139
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وعن ابن عباس رضي الله عنهما قال : قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم : « الفجر فجران : فجر يحرم الطعام وتحل فيه الصلاة وفجر تحرم فيه الصلاة أي صلاة الصبح ويحل فيه الطعام ». رواه ابن خزيمة والحاكم وصححاه. وللحاكم من حديث جابر نحوه وزاد في الذي يحرم الطعام : « أنه يذهب مستطيلا في الأفق » . وفي الآخر : « إنه كذنب السرحان ».
Narrated Ibn 'Abbas (RA): Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said that, "Dawn is of two types; the dawn in which eating is forbidden (for the fasting person) and prayer is permitted and the dawn in which prayer is forbidden i.e. the morning prayer and eating is permitted." [Reported by Ibn Khuzaimah and al-Hakim who (both) graded it Sahih]. al-Hakim reported something similar to the above Hadith from Jabir and added to the type of dawn in which eating is forbidden: "it is spread widely in the horizon," and to the other type: "it has the shape of wolf's tail."
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Shaykh Safi ur-Rahman Mubarakpuri
Lexical Explanation:
«يُحَرِّمُ الطَّعَامُ» The pre-dawn meal (suhoor) becomes forbidden for the fasting person.
«وَتُحِلُّ فِيهِ الصَّلَاةُ» And in it, prayer is permissible and lawful, meaning the Fajr prayer. By this is meant the true dawn, which is called "Subh Sadiq."
«زَادَ» That is, the Hakim has mentioned this additional point.
«فِي الَّذِي يُحَرِّمُ الطَّعَام : إِنَّهُ يَذْهِبُ مُسْتَطِيلَا» Regarding that dawn, it is stated that when eating becomes forbidden (its sign and indication is) that it spreads across the sky, meaning along the eastern horizon.
«اَلْأُفُقِ» "Ufuq" (horizon) refers to that part of the sky which appears to meet the earth.
«وَفِي الْآخَرِ» "Kha" has a fatha on it. And by this is meant that dawn during which performing the morning prayer is forbidden and eating is lawful for the fasting person. This is the same dawn which is called "Subh Kazhib" (false dawn).
«كَذَنَبِ السِّرْحَانِ» "Kaf" is for resemblance, and in «ذَنَبٌ» both "dhal" and "noon" have a fatha, meaning the tail of a wolf. And «سِرْحان» has a kasrah under the "seen" and the "ra" is sakin; it means wolf. The meaning is that when this dawn appears, it rises straight up into the sky like a pillar. It does not spread out to the sides. There is a gap and interval between Subh Sadiq (true dawn) and Subh Kazhib (false dawn).
«يُحَرِّمُ الطَّعَامُ» The pre-dawn meal (suhoor) becomes forbidden for the fasting person.
«وَتُحِلُّ فِيهِ الصَّلَاةُ» And in it, prayer is permissible and lawful, meaning the Fajr prayer. By this is meant the true dawn, which is called "Subh Sadiq."
«زَادَ» That is, the Hakim has mentioned this additional point.
«فِي الَّذِي يُحَرِّمُ الطَّعَام : إِنَّهُ يَذْهِبُ مُسْتَطِيلَا» Regarding that dawn, it is stated that when eating becomes forbidden (its sign and indication is) that it spreads across the sky, meaning along the eastern horizon.
«اَلْأُفُقِ» "Ufuq" (horizon) refers to that part of the sky which appears to meet the earth.
«وَفِي الْآخَرِ» "Kha" has a fatha on it. And by this is meant that dawn during which performing the morning prayer is forbidden and eating is lawful for the fasting person. This is the same dawn which is called "Subh Kazhib" (false dawn).
«كَذَنَبِ السِّرْحَانِ» "Kaf" is for resemblance, and in «ذَنَبٌ» both "dhal" and "noon" have a fatha, meaning the tail of a wolf. And «سِرْحان» has a kasrah under the "seen" and the "ra" is sakin; it means wolf. The meaning is that when this dawn appears, it rises straight up into the sky like a pillar. It does not spread out to the sides. There is a gap and interval between Subh Sadiq (true dawn) and Subh Kazhib (false dawn).
Source: Bulugh al-Maram: Commentary by Safiur Rahman Mubarakpuri, Page: 139
