al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 2489
✧ Interpretation of the saying of Allah Almighty's {And eat and drink until the white thread becomes distinct to you from the black thread} [al-Baqarah: 187]
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أَخْبَرَنِي هِلَالُ بْنُ الْعَلَاءِ بْنِ هِلَالٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حُسَيْنُ بْنُ عَيَّاشٍ ثِقَةٌ رَقِّيٌّ مِنْ أَهْلِ بَاجَدَا قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا زُهَيْرٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو إِسْحَاقَ عَنِ الْبَرَاءِ بْنِ عَازِبٍ §أَنَّ أَحَدَهُمْ كَانَ إِذَا نَامَ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَتَعَشَّى لَمْ يَحِلَّ لَهُ
أَنْ يَأْكُلَ شَيْئًا وَلَا يَشْرَبَ لَيْلَتَهُ وَيَوْمَهُ مِنَ الْغَدِ حَتَّى تَغْرُبَ الشَّمْسُ حَتَّى نَزَلَتْ هَذِهِ الْآيَةُ {وَكُلُوا وَاشْرَبُوا حَتَّى يَتَبَيَّنَ لَكُمُ} [البقرة 187] إِلَى {الْخَيْطُ الْأَسْوَدُ} [البقرة 187] قَالَ وَأُنْزِلَتْ فِي أَبِي قَيْسِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو أَتَى أَهْلَهُ وَهُوَ صَائِمٌ بَعْدَ الْمَغْرِبِ فَقَالَ هَلْ مِنْ شَيْءٍ؟ فَقَالَتِ امْرَأَتُهُ مَا عِنْدَنَا شَيْءٌ وَلَكِنِّي أَخْرُجُ أَلْتَمِسُ لَكَ عِشَاءً فَخَرَجَتْ وَوَضَعَ رَأْسَهُ فَنَامَ فَرَجَعَتْ إِلَيْهِ فَوَجَدْتُهُ نَائِمًا وَأَيْقَظَتْهُ فَلَمْ يَطْعَمْ شَيْئًا وَبَاتَ وَأَصْبَحَ صَائِمًا حَتَّى انْتَصَفَ النَّهَارُ فَغُشِيَ عَلَيْهِ وَذَلِكَ قَبْلَ أَنْ تَنْزِلَ هَذِهِ الْآيَةُ فَأَنْزَلَ اللهُ فِيهِ
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Chain of narrators
- Hilāl b. al-ʿAlāʾ b. Hilāl
- Ḥusayn b. ʿAyyāsh Thiqah Raqqī from Ahl Bājadā
- Zuhayr
- Abū Isḥāq
- al-Barāʾ b. ʿĀzib
✧ [It was the practice] that one would not eat or drink anything during his night and the following day until the sun set, until this verse was revealed: {And eat and drink until the white thread becomes distinct to you from the black thread} [al-Baqarah: 187]. He said: And it was revealed concerning Abu Qays b. 'Amr, who came to his family while fasting after sunset and said: Is there anything? His wife said: We have nothing, but I will go out and seek some food for you. She went out, and he laid his head down and slept. She returned to him and found him sleeping, so she woke him, but he did not eat anything. He spent the night and woke up fasting until midday, when he fainted. That was before this verse was revealed, and Allah revealed [the verse] concerning him.
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