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Mu'jam Kabir Tabarani 14251 — When this verse was revealed: And eat

حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدَانُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ، ثَنَا الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ يَزِيدَ الصُّدَائِيُّ، ثَنَا أَبِي، ثَنَا أَبُو يُوسُفَ، عَنْ سِمَاكٍ، عَنْ عَامِرٍ، عَنْ عَدِيِّ بْنِ حَاتِمٍ قَالَ: لَمَّا نَزَلَتْ هَذِهِ الْآيَةُ {وَكُلُوا وَاشْرَبُوا حَتَّى يَتَبَيَّنَ لَكُمُ الْخَيْطُ الْأَبْيَضُ مِنَ الْخَيْطِ الْأَسْوَدِ مِنَ الْفَجْرِ} [البقرة: ١٨٧] أَخَذْتُ عِقَالَيْنِ أَحَدُهُمَا أسْوَدُ وَالْآخَرُ أَبْيَضُ فَوَضَعْتُهُمَا تَحْتَ وِسَادَتِي فَرَفَعَتْهُمَا فِي اللَّيْلِ فَلَمْ أَتَبَيَّنْ الْأَبْيَضَ مِنَ الْأَسْوَدِ فَذَكَرْتُ ذَلِكَ لِرَسُولِ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقَالَ: يَا ابْنَ حَاتِمٍ، " إِنَّ وِسَادَكَ إِذًا لَعَرِيضٌ، إِنَّمَا قَالَ: كُلُوا وَاشْرَبُوا حَتَّى يَتَبَيَّنَ لَكُمْ بَيَاضُ النَّهَارِ مِنْ سَوَادِ اللَّيْلِ "
Sayyiduna Adi bin Hatim (may Allah be pleased with him) said: When this verse was revealed: "And eat and drink until the white thread of the dawn becomes distinct to you from the black thread" [Surah al-Baqarah: 187], I took two cords, one black and the other white, and placed them under my pillow. At night I lifted them up and looked, but I could not distinguish the white from the black. I mentioned this to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), and he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "O Ibn Hatim! Then your pillow must be very wide! It only means: eat and drink until the whiteness of the day becomes distinct to you from the blackness of the night."
Hadith Reference المعجم الكبير للطبراني / باب العين / 14251
Hadith Takhrij المعجم الكبير للطبراني (مطبوعہ): جلد 17، صفحہ 80، حدیث 179