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hakim:1550Abū Bakr b. Isḥāq > Abū al-Muthanná > Musaddad > Ibn ʿUlayyah > ʿAbdullāh b. Sawādah from his father > Samurah

The Adhan of Bilal should not mislead you nor the whiteness (of the pillar) of dawn, for it is not the whiteness of the true dawn, but that of the false dawn which is vertical like a pillar and you can eat food till the streaks of whiteness spread like it. (Using translation from Muslim 1094b)  

الحاكم:١٥٥٠مَا حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ أَنْبَأَ أَبُو الْمُثَنَّى ثنا مُسَدَّدٌ ثنا ابْنُ عُلَيَّةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ سَوَادَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ سَمُرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «لَا يَغُرَّنَّكُمْ أَذَانُ بِلَالٍ وَلَا هَذَا الْبَيَاضُ لِعَمُودِ الصُّبْحِ حَتَّى يَسْتَطِيرَ»  


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muslim:1094bZuhayr b. Ḥarb > Ismāʿīl Ibn ʿUlayyah > ʿAbdullāh b. Sawādah from his father > Samurah b. Jundab

The Adhan of Bilal should not mislead you nor the whiteness (of the pillar) of dawn, for it is not the whiteness of the true dawn, but that of the false dawn which is vertical like a pillar and you can eat food till the streaks of whiteness spread like it.  

مسلم:١٠٩٤bوَحَدَّثَنَا زُهَيْرُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ ابْنُ عُلَيَّةَ حَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ سَوَادَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ سَمُرَةَ بْنِ جُنْدَبٍ ؓ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ لاَ يَغُرَّنَّكُمْ أَذَانُ بِلاَلٍ وَلاَ هَذَا الْبَيَاضُ لِعَمُودِ الصُّبْحِ حَتَّى يَسْتَطِيرَ هَكَذَا  

ahmad:20149Ismāʿīl b. Ibrāhīm > ʿAbdullāh b.usawādah from his father > Samurah

The Adhan of Bilal should not mislead you nor the whiteness (of the pillar) of dawn, for it is not the whiteness of the true dawn, but that of the false dawn which is vertical like a pillar and you can eat food till the streaks of whiteness spread like it. (Using translation from Muslim 1094b)  

أحمد:٢٠١٤٩حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُسَوَادَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ سَمُرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لَا يَغُرَّنَّكُمْ أَذَانُ بِلَالٍ وَلَا هَذَا الْبَيَاضُ لِعَمُودِ الصُّبْحِ حَتَّى يَسْتَطِيرَ