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Mu'jam Kabir Tabarani 5770 — When this verse was revealed: 'And eat

حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ عُثْمَانَ، ثنا سَعِيدُ بْنُ أَبِي مَرْيَمَ، أَنَا أَبُو غَسَّانَ، عَنْ أَبِي حَازِمٍ، عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ قَالَ: " لَمَّا نَزَلَتْ هَذِهِ الْآيَةُ: {وَكُلُوا وَاشْرَبُوا حَتَّى يَتَبَيَّنَ لَكُمُ الْخَيْطُ الْأَبْيَضُ مِنَ الْخَيْطِ الْأَسْوَدِ} [البقرة: ١٨٧] ، وَلَمْ يَنْزِلْ مِنَ الْفَجْرِ، فَكَانَ رِجَالٌ إِذَا أَرَادُوا الصَّوْمَ، رَبَطَ أَحَدُهُمْ فِي رِجْلَيْهِ الْخَيْطَ الْأَسْوَدَ وَالْخَيْطَ الْأَبْيَضَ، فَلَا يَزَالُ يَأْكُلُ وَيَشْرَبُ حَتَّى يَتَبَيَّنَ لَهُ أَيُّهُمَا، فَأَنْزَلَ اللهُ تَعَالَى بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ: {مِنَ الْفَجْرِ} [البقرة: ١٨٧] ، فَعَلِمُوا أَنَّمَا يَعْنِي بِذَلِكَ اللَّيْلَ وَالنَّهَارَ "
Sayyiduna Sahl bin Sa'd (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "When this verse was revealed: 'And eat and drink until the white thread becomes distinct to you from the black thread' [Surah al-Baqarah: 187], and the words 'of the dawn' had not yet been revealed, some people, when they wanted to fast, would tie a black thread and a white thread to their feet, and would keep eating and drinking until one of the two became distinct to them. Then after that Allah Almighty revealed the words 'of the dawn' [Surah al-Baqarah: 187], and they knew that it meant (the distinction between) night and day."
Hadith Reference المعجم الكبير للطبراني / باب السين / 5770
Hadith Takhrij المعجم الكبير للطبراني (مطبوعہ): جلد 6، صفحہ 145، حدیث 5791