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ahmad:21637 – Bahz b. Asad Abū al-Aswad > Hammām > Qatādah > Anas > Zayd b. Thābit

[Machine] "He (Anas) narrated that he had sahoor (pre-dawn meal) with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. Then we went out until we reached the prayer. Anas said, 'I asked Zaid, how much time was there between that (sahoor) and the prayer?' Zaid said, 'It was the time it takes to recite fifty verses or twenty verses.'"  

أحمد:٢١٦٣٧ – حَدَّثَنَا بَهْزُ بْنُ أَسَدٍ أَبُو الْأَسْوَدِ حَدَّثَنَا هَمَّامٌ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَنَسٍ عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ

أَنَّهُ تَسَحَّرَ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ ثُمَّ خَرَجْنَا حَتَّى أَتَيْنَا الصَّلَاةَ قَالَ أَنَسٌ فَقُلْتُ لِزَيْدٍ كَمْ كَانَ بَيْنَ ذَلِكَ؟ قَالَ قَدْرُ قِرَاءَةِ خَمْسِينَ آيَةً أَوْسِتِّينَ آيَةً  

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ahmad:21616 – ʿAffān > Hammām > Qatādah > Anas > Zayd b. Thābit

[Machine] "He had suhoor (pre-dawn meal before fasting) with the Messenger of Allah, ﷺ . Then we went out for prayer. I asked Zaid, 'How much time was there between that?' He said, 'It was about the length of reciting fifty verses.'"  

أحمد:٢١٦١٦ – حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ حَدَّثَنَا هَمَّامٌ أَخْبَرَنَا قَتَادَةُ عَنْ أَنَسٍ عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ

أَنَّهُ تَسَحَّرَ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ ثُمَّ خَرَجْنَا إِلَى الصَّلَاةِ قَالَ قُلْتُ لِزَيْدٍ كَمْ بَيْنَ ذَلِكَ؟ قَالَ قَدْرُ قِرَاءَةِ خَمْسِينَ آيَةً  

darimi:1737 – Muslim b. Ibrāhīm > Hishām > Qatādah > Anas > Zayd b. Thābit

“We ate Suhur with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ then we got up to perform prayer.” I said: “How long was there between the two?” He said: “As long as it takes to recite fifty verses.” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 1694)   

الدارمي:١٧٣٧ – أَخْبَرَنَا مُسْلِمُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامٌ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَنَسٍ عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ قَالَ

«تَسَحَّرْنَا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ» قَالَ «ثُمَّ قَامَ إِلَى الصَّلَاةِ» قَالَ قُلْتُ كَمْ كَانَ بَيْنَ الْأَذَانِ وَبَيْنَ السُّحُورِ؟ قَالَ «قَدْرُ قِرَاءَةِ خَمْسِينَ آيَةً»  

tabarani:4792 – Abū Muslim al-Kashhī And Yūsuf al-Qāḍī Waʾabū Khalīfah > Muslim b. Ibrāhīm > Hishām al-Dastuwāʾī > Qatādah > Anas > Zayd b. Thābit

[Machine] "We had suhoor with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ , then we went out for prayer." I said, "How much time was there between the adhan (call to prayer), iqamah (second call to prayer), and suhoor?" He said, "About fifty verses worth."  

الطبراني:٤٧٩٢ – حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُسْلِمٍ الْكَشِّيُّ وَيُوسُفُ الْقَاضِي وَأَبُو خَلِيفَةَ قَالُوا ثنا مُسْلِمُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ هِشَامٍ الدَّسْتُوَائِيِّ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَنَسٍ عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ قَالَ

«تَسَحَّرْنَا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ ثُمَّ خَرَجْنَا إِلَى الصَّلَاةِ» قُلْتُ كَمْ كَانَ بَيْنَ الْأَذَانِ وَالْإِقَامَةِ وَالسَّحُورِ قَالَ قَدْرُ خَمْسِينَ آيَةً  

tabarani:4793 – ʿAlī b. Saʿīd al-Rāzī > al-Qāsim b. ʿĪsá al-Ṭāʾī > Hushaym > Manṣūr b. Zādhān > Qatādah > Anas > Zayd b. Thābit

"How long was there between them?" He said: "As long as it takes a man to recite fifty verses." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 2155)   

الطبراني:٤٧٩٣ – حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ الرَّازِيُّ ثنا الْقَاسِمُ بْنُ عِيسَى الطَّائِيُّ ثنا هُشَيْمٌ عَنْ مَنْصُورِ بْنِ زَاذَانَ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَنَسٍ عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ قَالَ

«تَسَحَّرْنَا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ ثُمَّ خَرَجْنَا إِلَى الصَّلَاةِ» قُلْتُ كَمْ كَانَ بَيْنَ الْأَذَانِ وَالْإِقَامَةِ؟ قَالَ قَدْرُ خَمْسِينَ آيَةً