The Arabs in the pre-Islamic period did not return from al-Muzdalifah till they saw sunlight at the mountain Thabir. The Prophet ﷺ opposed them and returned before the sunrise.

عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ كَانَ أَهْلُ الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ لاَ يُفِيضُونَ حَتَّى يَرَوُا الشَّمْسَ عَلَى ثَبِيرٍ فَخَالَفَهُمُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فَدَفَعَ قَبْلَ طُلُوعِ الشَّمْسِ

[AI] In the pre-Islamic era, people used to gather after sunrise and they used to say, "Asthiru Labariana Nughiru" which means "Sun, Rise and Illuminate us so that we may change." However, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ would oppose them and he would delay offering the morning prayer until just before sunrise, like the prayer of the travelers or the prayer of the early morning.

كَانَ أَهْلُ الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ يُفِيضُونَ مِنْ جَمْعٍ بَعْدَ طُلُوعِ الشَّمْسِ وَكَانُوا يَقُولُونَ أَشْرِقْ ثَبِيرُ لَعَلَّنَا نُغِيرُ وَإِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ خَالَفَهُمْ فَدَفَعَ قَبْلَ طُلُوعِ الشَّمْسِ بِقَدْرِ صَلَاةِ الْمُسْفِرِينَ أَوْ قَالَ الْمُشْرِقِينَ بِصَلَاةِ الْغَدَاةِ

ʿUmar said [and ‘Abdur-Razzaq said: I heard ʿUmar]: The mushrikeen used not to depart from Jamʿ until the sun had risen on (the mountain of) Thabeer [Abdur Razzaq said:], and they used to say, Shine, Thabeer, so that we may leave quickly. So the Prophet ﷺ differed from them and departed before the sun rose.

سَمِعْتُ عُمَرَ إِنَّ الْمُشْرِكِينَ كَانُوا لَا يُفِيضُونَ مِنْ جَمْعٍ حَتَّى تُشْرِقَ الشَّمْسُ عَلَى ثَبِيرٍ قَالَ عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ وَكَانُوا يَقُولُونَ أَشْرِقْ ثَبِيرُ كَيْمَا نُغِيرُ يَعْنِي فَخَالَفَهُمُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فَدَفَعَ قَبْلَ أَنْ تَطْلُعَ الشَّمْسُ

l heard ʿUmar bin al Khattab say: The people of Jahiliyyah used not to move on from Jamʿ until they saw the sun shining on (the mountain of) Thabeer, and they would say: Shine Thabeer, then we will move on swiftly. So the Messenger of Allah ﷺ moved on before the sun rose.

قَالَسَمِعْتُ عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ يَقُولُ كَانَ أَهْلُ الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ لَا يُفِيضُونَ مِنْ جَمْعٍ حَتَّى يَرَوْا الشَّمْسَ عَلَى ثَبِيرٍ وَكَانُوا يَقُولُونَ أَشْرِقْ ثَبِيرُ كَيْمَا نُغِيرُ فَأَفَاضَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ قَبْلَ طُلُوعِ الشَّمْسِ

The Arabs in the pre-Islamic period did not return from al-Muzdalifah till they saw sunlight at the mountain Thabir. The Prophet ﷺ opposed them and returned before the sunrise. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 1938)

عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ ؓ «كَانَ أَهْلُ الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ لَا يُفِيضُونَ حَتَّى يَرَوَا الشَّمْسَ عَلَى ثَبِيرٍ فَخَالَفَهُمُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فَدَفَعَ قَبْلَ طُلُوعِ الشَّمْسِ»

"كَانَ المُشْرِكُونَ لَا يُفِيضُونَ مِنْ جَمْعٍ (*) حَتَّى تُشْرِقَ الشَّمْسُ عَلَى ثَبِيرٍ، وَكَانُوا يَقُولُونَ: أَشْرِقْ ثَبِيرُ كَيْمَا نُغِيُر، فَخَالَفَهُمُ النَّبِىُّ ﷺ فَأفَاضَ قَبْلَ أَنْ تَطْلُعَ الشَّمْسُ".

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