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ahmad:12739 – Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar > Saʿīd b. Abū ʿArūbah > Qatādah > Anas

[Machine] That the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and Zaid ibn Thabit had a pre-dawn meal. When they finished their meal, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ got up for prayer and prayed. So, we asked Anas, "How much time was there between the completion of their meal and their entry into prayer?" He replied, "It was about the time it takes for a person to recite fifty verses."  

أحمد:١٢٧٣٩ – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ أَبِي عَرُوبَةَ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَنَسٍ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ وَزَيْدَ بْنَ ثَابِتٍ تَسَحَّرَا فَلَمَّا فَرَغَا مِنْ سُحُورِهِمَا قَامَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِلَى الصَّلَاةِ فَصَلَّى فَقُلْنَا لِأَنَسٍ كَمْ كَانَ بَيْنَ فَرَاغِهِمَا مِنْ سُحُورِهِمَا وَدُخُولِهِمَا فِيالصَّلَاةِ؟ قَالَ كَانَ قَدْرَ مَا يَقْرَأُ رَجُلٌ خَمْسِينَ آيَةً  

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bukhari:1134 – Yaʿqūb b. Ibrāhīm > Rawḥ > Saʿīd > Qatādah > Anas b. Mālik > Nabī

Anas bin Malik said, "The Prophet ﷺ and Zaid bin Thabit took their Suhur together. When they finished it, the Prophet ﷺ stood for the (Fajr) prayer and offered it." We asked Anas, "What was the interval between their finishing the Suhur and the starting of the morning prayer?" Anas replied, "It was equal to the time taken by a person in reciting fifty verses of the Qur'an."  

البخاري:١١٣٤ – حَدَّثَنَا يَعْقُوبُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا رَوْحٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدٌ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ ؓ

أَنَّ نَبِيَّ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَزَيْدَ بْنَ ثَابِتٍ ؓ تَسَحَّرَا فَلَمَّا فَرَغَا مِنْ سَحُورِهِمَا قَامَ نَبِيُّ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِلَى الصَّلاَةِ فَصَلَّى قُلْنَا لأَنَسٍ كَمْ كَانَ بَيْنَ فَرَاغِهِمَا مِنْ سَحُورِهِمَا وَدُخُولِهِمَا فِي الصَّلاَةِ قَالَ كَقَدْرِ مَا يَقْرَأُ الرَّجُلُ خَمْسِينَ آيَةً  

bukhari:576 – Ḥasan b. Ṣabbāḥ > Rawḥ > Saʿīd > Qatādah > Anas b. Mālik

Anas bin Malik said, "The Prophet ﷺ and Zaid bin Thabit took the 'Suhur' together and after finishing the meal, the Prophet ﷺ stood up and prayed (Fajr prayer)." I asked Anas, "How long was the interval between finishing their 'Suhur' and starting the prayer?" He replied, "The interval between the two was just sufficient to recite fifty 'Ayat." (Verses of the Qur'an).  

البخاري:٥٧٦ – حَدَّثَنَا حَسَنُ بْنُ صَبَّاحٍ سَمِعَ رَوْحًا حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدٌ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ

أَنَّ نَبِيَّ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَزَيْدَ بْنَ ثَابِتٍ تَسَحَّرَا فَلَمَّا فَرَغَا مِنْ سَحُورِهِمَا قَامَ نَبِيُّ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِلَى الصَّلاَةِ فَصَلَّى قُلْنَا لأَنَسٍ كَمْ كَانَ بَيْنَ فَرَاغِهِمَا مِنْ سَحُورِهِمَا وَدُخُولِهِمَا فِي الصَّلاَةِ قَالَ قَدْرُ مَا يَقْرَأُ الرَّجُلُ خَمْسِينَ آيَةً  

nasai:2157 – Abū al-Ashʿath > Khālid > Saʿīd > Qatādah > Anas

"The Messenger of Allah and Zaid bin Thabit had Sahur, then they went and started to pray Subh." We said to Anas: "How long was there between their finishing and their starting to pray?" He said: "As long as it takes a man to recite fifty Verses."  

النسائي:٢١٥٧ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الأَشْعَثِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدٌ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَنَسٍ ؓ قَالَ

تَسَحَّرَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَزَيْدُ بْنُ ثَابِتٍ ثُمَّ قَامَا فَدَخَلاَ فِي صَلاَةِ الصُّبْحِ فَقُلْنَا لأَنَسٍ كَمْ كَانَ بَيْنَ فَرَاغِهِمَا وَدُخُولِهِمَا فِي الصَّلاَةِ قَالَ قَدْرَ مَا يَقْرَأُ الإِنْسَانُ خَمْسِينَ آيَةً  

ahmad:13460 – ʿAbd al-Wahhāb > Saʿīd > Qatādah > Anas b. Mālik

Anas bin Malik said, "The Prophet ﷺ and Zaid bin Thabit took the 'Suhur' together and after finishing the meal, the Prophet ﷺ stood up and prayed (Fajr prayer)." I asked Anas, "How long was the interval between finishing their 'Suhur' and starting the prayer?" He replied, "The interval between the two was just sufficient to recite fifty 'Ayat." (Verses of the Qur'an). (Using translation from Bukhārī 576)  

أحمد:١٣٤٦٠ – حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَهَّابِ أَخْبَرَنَا سَعِيدٌ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ

أَنَّ نَبِيَّ اللهِ ﷺ وَزَيْدَ بْنَ ثَابِتٍ تَسَحَّرَافَلَمَّا فَرَغَا مِنْ سَحُورِهِمَا قَامَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِلَى الصَّلَاةِ فَقُلْنَا لِأَنَسٍ كَمْ كَانَ بَيْنَ فَرَاغِهِمَا مِنْ سَحُورِهِمَا وَدُخُولِهِمَا فِي الصَّلَاةِ؟ قَالَ قَدْرَ مَا يَقْرَأُ الرَّجُلُ خَمْسِينَ آيَةً  

ذِكْرُ الْخَبَرِ الدَّالِّ عَلَى أَنَّ الْمُصْطَفَى ﷺ كَانَ يُغَلِّسُ بِصَلَاةِ الصُّبْحِ

ibnhibban:1497 – ʿAbdullāh b. Qaḥṭabah Bifam al-Ṣulḥ > al-Walīd b. Shujāʿ > Muḥammad b. Bishr al-ʿAbdī > Saʿīd b. Abū ʿArūbah > Qatādah > Anas b. Mālik

[Machine] "The Prophet of Allah ﷺ came with Zaid ibn Thabit at sahoor (pre-dawn meal), and when the Prophet of Allah ﷺ finished his sahoor, he stood up for the Fajr prayer. We asked Anas ibn Malik how much time passed between his completion of sahoor and the beginning of his prayer. He replied, 'It was the time it takes for a man to recite fifty verses.'"  

ابن حبّان:١٤٩٧ – أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ قَحْطَبَةَ بِفَمِ الصُّلْحِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الْوَلِيدُ بْنُ شُجَاعٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بِشْرٍ الْعَبْدِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ أَبِي عَرُوبَةَ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ قَالَ

«أُتِيَ نَبِيُّ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَزَيْدُ بْنُ ثَابِتٍ بِسَحُورٍ فَلَمَّا فَرَغَ نَبِيُّ اللَّهِ ﷺ مِنْ سُحُورِهِ قَامَ إِلَى صَلَاةِ الصُّبْحِ» قُلْنَا لِأَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ كَمْ كَانَ بَيْنَ فَرَاغِهِ مِنْ سُحُورِهِ وَحِينَ دَخَلَ فِي صَلَاتِهِ؟ قَالَ «قَدْرُ مَا يَقْرَأُ الرَّجُلُ خَمْسِينَ آيَةً»  

bayhaqi:2141 – Abū Naṣr Muḥammad b. Aḥmad b. Ismāʿīl al-Bazzār Bi-al-Ṭṭābarān > ʿAbdullāh b. Aḥmad b. Manṣūr al-Ṭūsī > Muḥammad b. Ismāʿīl al-Ṣāʾigh > Rawḥ > Abū ʿAmr al-Adīb > Abū Bakr al-Ismāʿīlī > al-Haytham b. Khalaf al-Dūrī > Aḥmad b. Yaḥyá b. ʿAṭāʾ al-Muqriʾ al-Jallāb > Rawḥ > Saʿīd / Ibn Abū ʿArūbah > Qatādah > Anas b. Mālik

Anas bin Malik said, "The Prophet ﷺ and Zaid bin Thabit took the 'Suhur' together and after finishing the meal, the Prophet ﷺ stood up and prayed (Fajr prayer)." I asked Anas, "How long was the interval between finishing their 'Suhur' and starting the prayer?" He replied, "The interval between the two was just sufficient to recite fifty 'Ayat." (Verses of the Qur'an). (Using translation from Bukhārī 576)   

البيهقي:٢١٤١ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو نَصْرٍ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ إِسْمَاعِيلَ الْبَزَّارُ بِالطَّابَرَانِ ثنا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مَنْصُورٍ الطُّوسِيُّ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ الصَّائِغُ ثنا رَوْحٌ وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَمْرٍو الْأَدِيبُ أنبأ أَبُو بَكْرٍ الْإِسْمَاعِيلِيُّ أَخْبَرَنِي الْهَيْثَمُ بْنُ خَلَفٍ الدُّورِيُّ ثنا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى بْنِ عَطَاءٍ الْمُقْرِئُ الْجَلَّابُ ثنا رَوْحٌ ثنا سَعِيدٌ يَعْنِي ابْنَ أَبِي عَرُوبَةَ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ وَزَيْدَ بْنَ ثَابِتٍ تَسَحَّرَا فَلَمَّا فَرَغَا مِنْ سُحُورِهِمَا قَامَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِلَى الصَّلَاةِ فَصَلَّى قُلْتُ لِأَنَسٍ كَمْ كَانَ بَيْنَ فَرَاغِهِمَا مِنْ سَحُورِهِمَا وَدُخُولِهِمَا فِي الصَّلَاةِ؟ فَقَالَ قَدْرُ مَا يَقْرَأُ الرَّجُلُ خَمْسِينَ آيَةً  

رَوَاهُ الْبُخَارِيُّ فِي الصَّحِيحِ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ الصَّبَّاحِ عَنْ رَوْحٍ