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سنن دارمي
Darimi
من كتاب الصومFrom the Book of Fasting
باب مَتَى يُمْسِكُ الْمُتَسَحِّرُ عَنِ الطَّعَامِ وَالشَّرَابِ:Chapter: When to Stop Eating and Drinking at Suhoor
Hadith 1732
اُردوEn
أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الْوَلِيدِ، حَدَّثَنَا شَرِيكٌ، عَنْ حُصَيْنٍ، عَنْ الشَّعْبِيِّ، عَنْ عَدِيِّ بْنِ حَاتِمٍ، قَالَ: قُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، لَقَدْ جَعَلْتُ تَحْتَ وِسَادَتِي خَيْطًا أَبْيَضَ وَخَيْطًا أَسْوَدَ، فَمَا تَبَيَّنَ لِي شَيْءٌ . قَالَ: "إِنَّكَ لَعَرِيضُ الْوِسَادِ، وَإِنَّمَا ذَلِكَ اللَّيْلُ مِنْ النَّهَارِ فِي قَوْلِهِ تَعَالَى: وَكُلُوا وَاشْرَبُوا حَتَّى يَتَبَيَّنَ لَكُمُ الْخَيْطُ الأَبْيَضُ مِنَ الْخَيْطِ الأَسْوَدِ مِنَ الْفَجْرِ ثُمَّ أَتِمُّوا الصِّيَامَ إِلَى اللَّيْلِ وَلا تُبَاشِرُوهُنَّ وَأَنْتُمْ عَاكِفُونَ فِي الْمَسَاجِدِ تِلْكَ حُدُودُ اللَّهِ فَلا تَقْرَبُوهَا كَذَلِكَ يُبَيِّنُ اللَّهُ آيَاتِهِ لِلنَّاسِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَتَّقُونَ سورة البقرة آية 187".
Sayyiduna ‘Adi bin Hatim (may Allah be pleased with him) said: When this verse: «وَكُلُوا وَاشْرَبُوا حَتَّى يَتَبَيَّنَ لَكُمُ الْخَيْطُ الْأَبْيَضُ مِنَ الْخَيْطِ الْأَسْوَدِ مِنَ الْفَجْرِ» [بقرة: 187/2] was revealed, I said: O Messenger of Allah! I placed a white thread and a black thread under my pillow, but nothing became clear to me. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: “You have a big pillow! What is meant is the darkness of the night and the whiteness of the day.”
Brief Explanation
(Commentary on Hadith 1731)
In the early days of Islam, some Companions did not understand the meaning of the appearance of dawn (fajr), so they began to determine fajr by means of a white and a black thread. However, when the word «مِنَ الْفَجْرِ» was revealed, they came to know the reality—that by the black thread is meant the darkness of the night, and by the white thread is meant the brightness of the morning.
From this hadith, it is established that after breaking the fast (iftar) until the true dawn (subh sadiq), a person may eat and drink and may also have relations with his wife. In the terminology of the Shari‘ah, the very definition of fasting (sawm) is that a person refrains from eating, drinking, and sexual intercourse from true dawn (subh sadiq) until sunset. After iftar, everything that was prohibited during the fast becomes permissible for him.
In the early days of Islam, some Companions did not understand the meaning of the appearance of dawn (fajr), so they began to determine fajr by means of a white and a black thread. However, when the word «مِنَ الْفَجْرِ» was revealed, they came to know the reality—that by the black thread is meant the darkness of the night, and by the white thread is meant the brightness of the morning.
From this hadith, it is established that after breaking the fast (iftar) until the true dawn (subh sadiq), a person may eat and drink and may also have relations with his wife. In the terminology of the Shari‘ah, the very definition of fasting (sawm) is that a person refrains from eating, drinking, and sexual intercourse from true dawn (subh sadiq) until sunset. After iftar, everything that was prohibited during the fast becomes permissible for him.
