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bukhari:1958Aḥmad b. Yūnus > Abū Bakr > Sulaymān > Ibn Abū Awfá

I was with the Prophet ﷺ on a journey, and he observed the fast till evening. The Prophet ﷺ said to a man, "Get down and mix Sawiq with water for me." He replied, "Will you wait till it is evening?" The Prophet said, "Get down and mix Sawiq with water for me; when you see night falling from this side, the fasting person should break his fast."  

البخاري:١٩٥٨حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ يُونُسَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي أَوْفَى ؓ قَالَ

كُنْتُ مَعَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فِي سَفَرٍ فَصَامَ حَتَّى أَمْسَى قَالَ لِرَجُلٍ انْزِلْ فَاجْدَحْ لِي قَالَ لَوِ انْتَظَرْتَ حَتَّى تُمْسِيَ قَالَ انْزِلْ فَاجْدَحْ لِي إِذَا رَأَيْتَ اللَّيْلَ قَدْ أَقْبَلَ مِنْ هَا هُنَا فَقَدْ أَفْطَرَ الصَّائِمُ  


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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
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 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»