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bayhaqi:8124Abū al-Ḥasan Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb al-Faqīh Bi-al-Ṭṭābirān > Abū al-Naḍr Muḥammad b. Muḥammad b. Yūsuf al-Faqīh > Muḥammad b. Ayyūb > Muslim b. Ibrāhīm al-Baṣrī > Hishām al-Dastuwāʾī > Qatādah > Anas > Zayd b. Thābit

[Machine] "We had Suhoor with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ , then he stood up for prayer. I asked, 'How much time was there between the Adhan (call to prayer) and Suhoor?' He replied, 'About the recitation of fifty verses.'"  

البيهقي:٨١٢٤أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الْحَسَنِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ الْفَقِيهُ بِالطَّابِرَانِ أنبأ أَبُو النَّضْرِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ يُوسُفَ الْفَقِيهُ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَيُّوبَ أنبأ مُسْلِمُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الْبَصْرِيُّ ثنا هِشَامٌ الدَّسْتُوَائِيُّ ثنا قَتَادَةُ عَنْ أَنَسٍ عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ قَالَ

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

رَوَاهُ الْبُخَارِيُّ فِي الصَّحِيحِ عَنْ مُسْلِمِ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَأَخْرَجَهُ مُسْلِمٌ مِنْ حَدِيثِ وَكِيعِ عَنْ هِشَامٍ

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bukhari:1921Muslim b. Ibrāhīm > Hishām > Qatādah > Anas > Zayd b. Thābit

Zaid bin Thabit said, "We took the Suhur with the Prophet ﷺ . Then he stood for the prayer." I asked, "What was the interval between the Suhur and the Adhan?" He replied, "The interval was sufficient to recite fifty verses of the Qur'an."  

البخاري:١٩٢١حَدَّثَنَا مُسْلِمُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامٌ حَدَّثَنَا قَتَادَةُ عَنْ أَنَسٍ عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ ؓ قَالَ

تَسَحَّرْنَا مَعَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ ثُمَّ قَامَ إِلَى الصَّلاَةِ قُلْتُ كَمْ كَانَ بَيْنَ الأَذَانِ وَالسَّحُورِ قَالَ قَدْرُ خَمْسِينَ آيَةً  

darimi:1737Muslim 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:١٧٣٧أَخْبَرَنَا 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:4792Abū 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:٤٧٩٢حَدَّثَنَا 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