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abudawud:2352Musaddad > ʿAbd al-Wāḥid > Sulaymān al-Shaybānī > ʿAbdullāh b. Abū Awfá

We went along with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ while he was fasting. When the sun set, he said to Bilal: Bilal, come down and prepare barley beverage for us. He said: Messenger of Allah, would that you waited for the evening. He said: Come down and prepare barley beverage for us. He said: Messenger of Allah, the say still remains on you (i.e. there remains the brightness of the day). He said: Come down and prepare barley drink for us. So he came down and prepared barley drink. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ drank it and said: When you see that the night approaches from this side, he who fasts has reached the time to break it ; and he pointed to the east with his finger.  

أبو داود:٢٣٥٢حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَاحِدِ حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ الشَّيْبَانِيُّ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ أَبِي أَوْفَى يَقُولُ سِرْنَا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَهُوَ صَائِمٌ فَلَمَّا غَرَبَتِ الشَّمْسُ قَالَ يَا بِلاَلُ انْزِلْ فَاجْدَحْ لَنَا قَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ لَوْ أَمْسَيْتَ قَالَ انْزِلْ فَاجْدَحْ لَنَا قَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّ عَلَيْكَ نَهَارًا قَالَ انْزِلْ فَاجْدَحْ لَنَا فَنَزَلَ فَجَدَحَ فَشَرِبَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ ثُمَّ قَالَ إِذَا رَأَيْتُمُ اللَّيْلَ قَدْ أَقْبَلَ مِنْ هَا هُنَا فَقَدْ أَفْطَرَ الصَّائِمُ وَأَشَارَ بِأُصْبُعِهِ قِبَلَ الْمَشْرِقِ  


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Collected by Bukhārī, Muslim, Aḥmad, Ibn Ḥibbān, Nasāʾī's Kubrá
bukhari:1941ʿAlī b. ʿAbdullāh > Sufyān > Abū Isḥāq al-Shaybānī > Ibn Abū Awfá

We were in the company of Messenger of Allah ﷺ on a journey. He said to a man, "Get down and mix Sawiq (powdered barley) with water for me." The man said, "The sun (has not set yet), O Messenger of Allah ﷺ." The Prophet ﷺ again said to him, "Get down and mix Sawiq with water for me." The man again said, "O Messenger of Allah ﷺ! The sun!" The Prophet ﷺ said to him (for the third time) "Get down and mix Sawiq with water for me." The man dismounted and mixed Sawiq with water for him. The Prophet ﷺ drank it and then beckoned with his hand (towards the East) and said, "When you see the night falling from this side, then a fasting person should break his fast."  

البخاري:١٩٤١حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ الشَّيْبَانِيِّ سَمِعَ ابْنَ أَبِي أَوْفَى ؓ قَالَ

كُنَّا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فِي سَفَرٍ فَقَالَ لِرَجُلٍ انْزِلْ فَاجْدَحْ لِي قَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ الشَّمْسُ قَالَ انْزِلْ فَاجْدَحْ لِي قَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ الشَّمْسُ قَالَ انْزِلْ فَاجْدَحْ لِي فَنَزَلَ فَجَدَحَ لَهُ فَشَرِبَ ثُمَّ رَمَى بِيَدِهِ هَا هُنَا ثُمَّ قَالَ إِذَا رَأَيْتُمُ اللَّيْلَ أَقْبَلَ مِنْ هَا هُنَا فَقَدْ أَفْطَرَ الصَّائِمُ  

تَابَعَهُ جَرِيرٌ وَأَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ عَيَّاشٍ عَنِ الشَّيْبَانِيِّ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي أَوْفَى قَالَ كُنْتُ مَعَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فِي سَفَرٍ

Hastening to break the fast when the night falls toward the west

bukhari:1955Isḥāq al-Wāsiṭī > Khālid > al-Shaybānī > ʿAbdullāh b. Abū Awfá

We were in the company of the Prophet ﷺ on a journey and he was fasting, and when the sun set, he addressed somebody, "O so-and-so, get up and mix Sawiq with water for us." He replied, "O Allah's Apostle! (Will you wait) till it is evening?" The Prophet ﷺ said, "Get down and mix Sawiq with water for us." He replied, "O Messenger of Allah ﷺ! (If you wait) till it is evening." The Prophet ﷺ said again, "Get down and mix Sawiq with water for us." He replied, "It is still daytime."(1) The Prophet ﷺ said again, "Get down and mix Sawiq with water for us." He got down and mixed Sawiq for them. The Prophet ﷺ drank it and then said, "When you see night falling from this side, the fasting person should break his fast."  

البخاري:١٩٥٥حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ الْوَاسِطِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدٌ عَنِ الشَّيْبَانِيِّ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي أَوْفَى ؓ قَالَ

كُنَّا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فِي سَفَرٍ وَهُوَ صَائِمٌ فَلَمَّا غَرَبَتِ الشَّمْسُ قَالَ لِبَعْضِ الْقَوْمِ يَا فُلاَنُ قُمْ فَاجْدَحْ لَنَا فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ لَوْ أَمْسَيْتَ قَالَ انْزِلْ فَاجْدَحْ لَنَا قَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ فَلَوْ أَمْسَيْتَ قَالَ انْزِلْ فَاجْدَحْ لَنَا قَالَ إِنَّ عَلَيْكَ نَهَارًا قَالَ انْزِلْ فَاجْدَحْ لَنَا فَنَزَلَ فَجَدَحَ لَهُمْ فَشَرِبَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ ثُمَّ قَالَ إِذَا رَأَيْتُمُ اللَّيْلَ قَدْ أَقْبَلَ مِنْ هَا هُنَا فَقَدْ أَفْطَرَ الصَّائِمُ  

bukhari:1956Musaddad > ʿAbd al-Wāḥid > al-Shaybānī > ʿAbdullāh b. Abū Awfá

We were traveling with Messenger of Allah ﷺ and he was fasting, and when the sun set, he said to (someone), "Get down and mix Sawiq with water for us." He replied, "O Messenger of Allah ﷺ! (Will you wait) till it is evening?" The Prophet ﷺ again said, "Get down and mix Sawiq with water for us." He replied, "O Messenger of Allah ﷺ! It is still daytime." The Prophet ﷺ said again, "Get down and mix Sawiq with water for us." So, he got down and carried out that order. The Prophet ﷺ then said, "When you see night falling from this side, the fasting person should break his fast," and he beckoned with his finger towards the east.  

البخاري:١٩٥٦حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَاحِدِ حَدَّثَنَا الشَّيْبَانِيُّ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ أَبِي أَوْفَى ؓ قَالَ

سِرْنَا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَهْوَ صَائِمٌ فَلَمَّا غَرَبَتِ الشَّمْسُ قَالَ انْزِلْ فَاجْدَحْ لَنَا قَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ لَوْ أَمْسَيْتَ قَالَ انْزِلْ فَاجْدَحْ لَنَا قَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّ عَلَيْكَ نَهَارًا قَالَ انْزِلْ فَاجْدَحْ لَنَا فَنَزَلَ فَجَدَحَ ثُمَّ قَالَ إِذَا رَأَيْتُمُ اللَّيْلَ أَقْبَلَ مِنْ هَا هُنَا فَقَدْ أَفْطَرَ الصَّائِمُ وَأَشَارَ بِإِصْبَعِهِ قِبَلَ الْمَشْرِقِ  

bukhari:5297ʿAlī b. ʿAbdullāh > Jarīr b. ʿAbd al-Ḥamīd > Abū Isḥāq al-Shaybānī > ʿAbdullāh b. Abū Awfá

We were with Messenger of Allah ﷺ on a journey, and when the sun set, he said to a man, "Get down and prepare a drink of Sawiq for me." The man said, "O Messenger of Allah ﷺ! Will you wait till it is evening?" Messenger of Allah ﷺ again said, "Get down and prepare a drink of Sawiq." The man said, "O Allah's Apostle! Will you wait till it is evening, for it is still daytime. " The Prophet ﷺ again said, "Get down and prepare a drink of Sawiq." So the third time the man got down and prepared a drink of sawiq for him. Messenger of Allah ﷺ drank thereof and pointed with his hand towards the East, saying, "When you see the night falling from this side, then a fasting person should break his fast."  

البخاري:٥٢٩٧حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنَا جَرِيرُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْحَمِيدِ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ الشَّيْبَانِيِّ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي أَوْفَى قَالَ

كُنَّا فِي سَفَرٍ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَلَمَّا غَرَبَتِ الشَّمْسُ قَالَ لِرَجُلٍ انْزِلْ فَاجْدَحْ لِي قَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ لَوْ أَمْسَيْتَ ثُمَّ قَالَ انْزِلْ فَاجْدَحْ قَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ لَوْ أَمْسَيْتَ إِنَّ عَلَيْكَ نَهَارًا ثُمَّ قَالَ انْزِلْ فَاجْدَحْ فَنَزَلَ فَجَدَحَ لَهُ فِي الثَّالِثَةِ فَشَرِبَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ ثُمَّ أَوْمَأَ بِيَدِهِ إِلَى الْمَشْرِقِ فَقَالَ إِذَا رَأَيْتُمُ اللَّيْلَ قَدْ أَقْبَلَ مِنْ هَا هُنَا فَقَدْ أَفْطَرَ الصَّائِمُ  

muslim:1101aYaḥyá b. Yaḥyá > Hushaym > Abū Isḥāq al-Shaybānī > ʿAbdullāh b. Abū Awfá

We were with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ on a journey during the month of Ramadan. When the sun had sunk he said: So and so, get down (from your ride) and prepare the meal of parched barley for us. He said: Messenger of Allah, still (there is light of) day. He (the Holy Prophet) said: Get down and prepare meal of parched barley for us. So he got down and prepared the meal of parched barley and offered him, and the apostle of Allah ﷺ drank that (liquid meal). He then told with the gesture of his hand that when the sun sank from that side and the night appeared from that side, then the observer of the fast should break it.  

مسلم:١١٠١aوَحَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ يَحْيَى أَخْبَرَنَا هُشَيْمٌ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ الشَّيْبَانِيِّ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي أَوْفَى ؓ قَالَ

كُنَّا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فِي سَفَرٍ فِي شَهْرِ رَمَضَانَ فَلَمَّا غَابَتِ الشَّمْسُ قَالَ يَا فُلاَنُ انْزِلْ فَاجْدَحْ لَنَا قَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّ عَلَيْكَ نَهَارًا قَالَ انْزِلْ فَاجْدَحْ لَنَا قَالَ فَنَزَلَ فَجَدَحَ فَأَتَاهُ بِهِ فَشَرِبَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ ثُمَّ قَالَ بِيَدِهِ إِذَا غَابَتِ الشَّمْسُ مِنْ هَا هُنَا وَجَاءَ اللَّيْلُ مِنْ هَا هُنَا فَقَدْ أَفْطَرَ الصَّائِمُ  

muslim:1101bAbū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah > ʿAlī b. Mushir And ʿAbbād b. al-ʿAwwām > al-Shaybānī > Ibn Abū Awfá

We were with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ on a journey. When the sun sank he said to a person: Get down and prepare barley meal for us. Upon this he said: Messenger of Allah, let there be dusk. (He the Holy Prophet) said: Get down and prepare barley meal for us. He (the person) said: There is still (the light of) day upon us. (But) he got down (in obedience to the command of the Holy Prophet) and prepared a barley meal for him and he (the Holy Prophet) drank that (liquid meal) and then said: When you see the night approaching from that side (west) (and he pointed towards the east with his hand), then the observer of the fast should break it.  

مسلم:١١٠١bحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُسْهِرٍ وَعَبَّادُ بْنُ الْعَوَّامِ عَنِ الشَّيْبَانِيِّ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي أَوْفَى ؓ قَالَ

كُنَّا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فِي سَفَرٍ فَلَمَّا غَابَتِ الشَّمْسُ قَالَ لِرَجُلٍ انْزِلْ فَاجْدَحْ لَنَا فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ لَوْ أَمْسَيْتَ قَالَ انْزِلْ فَاجْدَحْ لَنَا قَالَ إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا نَهَارًا فَنَزَلَ فَجَدَحَ لَهُ فَشَرِبَ ثُمَّ قَالَ إِذَا رَأَيْتُمُ اللَّيْلَ قَدْ أَقْبَلَ مِنْ هَا هُنَا وَأَشَارَ بِيَدِهِ نَحْوَ الْمَشْرِقِ فَقَدْ أَفْطَرَ الصَّائِمُ  

ahmad:19399Sufyān > Abū Isḥāq al-Shaybānī > ʿAbdullāh b. Abū Awfá

[Machine] We were with the Prophet ﷺ on a journey, and he said to a man, "Descend and prepare food for us." Sufyan said once, "Prepare food for me." He said, "O Messenger of Allah! The sun is still high." He said, "Descend and prepare food for us." Sufyan said once again, "Prepare food for me." He said, "O Messenger of Allah! The sun." He said, "Descend and prepare food." So he prepared food and we drank. When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ drank, he pointed with his hand towards the night and said, "When you see the night coming from this direction, the fasting person breaks his fast."  

أحمد:١٩٣٩٩حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ الشَّيْبَانِيِّ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ عَبْدَ اللهِ بْنَ أَبِي أَوْفَى قَالَ

كُنَّا مَعَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فِي سَفَرٍ فَقَالَ لِرَجُلٍ انْزِلْ فَاجْدَحْ لَنَا قَالَ سُفْيَانُ مَرَّةً فَاجْدَحْ لِي قَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ الشَّمْسُ قَالَ انْزِلْ فَاجْدَحْ لَنَا وَقَالَ سُفْيَانُ مَرَّةً فَاجْدَحْ لِي قَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ الشمس قَالَ انزل فاجْدَحْ فَجَدَحَ فَشَرِبَ فَلَمَّا شَرِبَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَوْمَأَ بِيَدِهِ نَحْوَ اللَّيْلِ إِذَا رَأَيْتُمُ اللَّيْلَ قَدْ أَقْبَلَ مِنْ هَاهُنَا فَقَدْ أَفْطَرَ الصَّائِمُ  

ذِكْرُ الْإِبَاحَةِ لِلْمَرْءِ التَّكَلُّفَ لِإِفْطَارِهِ إِذَا كَانَ صَائِمًا

ibnhibban:3511ʿAbdullāh b. Muḥammad al-Azdī > Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm > Jarīr > al-Shaybānī > ʿAbdullāh b. Abū Awfá

[Machine] While the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was walking while fasting, he said to one of his companions, "Go and prepare some food." The companion replied, "O Messenger of Allah, if you wish, I can prepare it for you." The Prophet said, "No, go and prepare it for me." So, the companion went and prepared some food and the Prophet drank it. Then he said, "When you see the night coming from this direction (pointing towards the east), the fasting person should break their fast."  

ابن حبّان:٣٥١١أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْأَزْدِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا جَرِيرٌ عَنِ الشَّيْبَانِيِّ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي أَوْفَى قَالَ

بَيْنَمَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَسِيرُ وَهُوَ صَائِمٌ إِذْ قَالَ لِبَعْضِ أَصْحَابِهِ «انْزِلْ فَاجْدَحْ» فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ لَوْ أَمْسَيْتَ قَالَ «انْزِلْ فَاجْدَحْ لِي» قَالَ فَنَزَلَ فَجَدَحَ لَهُ فَشَرِبَ ثُمَّ قَالَ «إِذَا رَأَيْتُمُ اللَّيْلَ قَدْ أَقْبَلَ مِنْ هَاهُنَا فَقَدْ أَفْطَرَ الصَّائِمُ» يَعْنِي مِنْ قِبَلِ الْمَشْرِقِ  

ذِكْرُ الْوَقْتِ الَّذِي يَحِلُّ فِيهِ الْإِفْطَارُ لِلصُّوَّامِ

ibnhibban:3512al-Faḍl b. al-Ḥubāb al-Jumaḥī > Ibrāhīm b. Bashhār al-Ramādī > Sufyān > Abū Isḥāq al-Shaybānī > ʿAbdullāh b. Abū Awfá

[Machine] Abdullah Ibn Abi Awfa heard the Prophet ﷺ say, "We were on a journey with the Prophet ﷺ when he said to a man, 'Go down and bring some water for us.' The man said, 'The sun, O Messenger of Allah.' The Prophet ﷺ said, 'Go down and bring some water for us.' The man said, 'The sun, O Messenger of Allah.' The Prophet ﷺ said, 'Go down and bring some water for us.' So, the man went down and brought some water and drank. Then he said, 'When you see that the night has come from here (one side) and the day has gone from here (the other side), then the fasting person should break his fast.'"  

ابن حبّان:٣٥١٢أَخْبَرَنَا الْفَضْلُ بْنُ الْحُبَابِ الْجُمَحِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ الرَّمَادِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو إِسْحَاقَ الشَّيْبَانِيُّ

سَمِعَ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ أَبِي أَوْفَى يَقُولُ كُنَّا مَعَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فِي سَفَرٍ فَقَالَ لِرَجُلٍ «انْزِلْ فَاجْدَحْ لَنَا» قَالَ الشَّمْسُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَالَ «انْزِلْ فَاجْدَحْ لَنَا» قَالَ الشَّمْسُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَالَ «انْزِلْ فَاجْدَحْ لَنَا» فَنَزَلَ فَجَدَحَ فَشَرِبَ فَقَالَ «إِذَا رَأَيْتُمُ اللَّيْلَ قَدْ أَقْبَلَ مِنْ هَاهُنَا وَأَدْبَرَ النَّهَارُ مِنْ هَاهُنَا فَقَدْ أَفْطَرَ الصَّائِمُ»  

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[Machine] I heard Abdullah ibn Abi Aufa saying, "We were with the Prophet ﷺ on a journey when he said to a man, 'Descend and milk (your camel).' The man said, 'O Messenger of Allah, the sun has set.' The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to him, 'Descend and milk (your camel).' The man said, 'O Messenger of Allah, the sun has set.' Then he said again, 'Descend and milk (your camel).' So the man descended and milked (his camel) and the Prophet ﷺ drank. Then he said, 'When you see the night has come from this direction,' and he pointed with his hand towards the horizon, 'the one who is fasting should break his fast.' Abu Abdur-Rahman said, 'This hadith is narrated by Asim ibn Umar and the hadith of Ibn Abi Aufa are both authentic.'"  

الكبرى للنسائي:٣٢٩٧أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ الشَّيْبَانِيِّ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ عَبْدَ اللهِ بْنَ أَبِي أَوْفَى يَقُولُ كُنَّا مَعَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فِي سَفَرٍ فَقَالَ لِرَجُلٍ «انْزِلْ فَاجْدَحْ» قَالَ الشَّمْسُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ ثُمَّ قَالَ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «انْزِلْ فَاجْدَحْ» قَالَ الشَّمْسُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ ثُمَّ قَالَ «انْزِلْ فَاجْدَحْ» فَنَزَلَ فَجَدَحَ فَشَرِبَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ ثُمَّ قَالَ «إِذَا رَأَيْتُمُ اللَّيْلَ قَدْ أَقْبَلَ مِنْ هَاهُنَا وَأَشَارَ بِيَدِهِ إِلَى الْأُفُقِ فَقَدْ أَفْطَرَ الصَّائِمُ» قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ وَحَدِيثُ عَاصِمِ بْنِ عُمَرَ وَحَدِيثُ ابْنِ أَبِي أَوْفَى صَحِيحَانِ