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nasai-kubra:2477Ismāʿīl b. Masʿūd > Khālid > Hishām > Qatādah > Anas > Zayd b. Thābit

"We had Sahur with the Messenger of Allah then we went to pray." I (one of the narrators) said: "It is claimed that Anas said: 'How long was there between them?' He said: 'As long as it takes a man to recite fifty verses." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 2156)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٢٤٧٧أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ مَسْعُودٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا قَتَادَةُ عَنْ أَنَسٍ عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ قَالَ

تَسَحَّرْنَا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ ثُمَّ قُمْنَا إِلَى الصَّلَاةِ قُلْتُ زُعِمَ أَنَّ أَنَسًا الْقَائِلُ مَا كَانَ بَيْنَ ذَلِكَ قَالَ قَدْرُ مَا يَقْرَأُ الرَّجُلُ خَمْسِينَ آيَةً  


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Collected by Bukhārī, Muslim, Nasāʾī, Tirmidhī, Ibn Mājah, Nasāʾī's Kubrá
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  

Recommendation to eat suhur close to start of Fajr

muslim:1097aAbū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah > Wakīʿ > Hishām > Qatādah > Anas > Zayd b. Thābit

We took meal shortly before dawn along with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. We then stood up for ˹Fajr˺ prayer. I said: How much span of time was there between the two (Suhur and Fajr)? He said: ˹a span of reciting˺ fifty verses.  

مسلم:١٠٩٧aحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ عَنْ هِشَامٍ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَنَسٍ عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ ؓ قَالَ

تَسَحَّرْنَا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ ثُمَّ قُمْنَا إِلَى الصَّلاَةِ قُلْتُ كَمْ كَانَ قَدْرُ مَا بَيْنَهُمَا؟ قَالَ خَمْسِينَ آيَةً۔  

nasai:2155Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm > Wakīʿ > Hishām > Qatādah > Anas > Zayd b. Thābit

"How long was there between them?" He said: "As long as it takes a man to recite fifty verses."  

النسائي:٢١٥٥أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامٌ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَنَسٍ عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ قَالَ

تَسَحَّرْنَا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ ثُمَّ قُمْنَا إِلَى الصَّلاَةِ قُلْتُ كَمْ كَانَ بَيْنَهُمَا قَالَ قَدْرَ مَا يَقْرَأُ الرَّجُلُ خَمْسِينَ آيَةً  

nasai:2156Ismāʿīl b. Masʿūd > Khālid > Hishām > Qatādah > Anas > Zayd b. Thābit

"We had Sahur with the Messenger of Allah then we went to pray." I (one of the narrators) said: "It is claimed that Anas said: 'How long was there between them?' He said: 'As long as it takes a man to recite fifty verses."  

النسائي:٢١٥٦أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ مَسْعُودٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا قَتَادَةُ عَنْ أَنَسٍ عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ قَالَ

تَسَحَّرْنَا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ ثُمَّ قُمْنَا إِلَى الصَّلاَةِ قُلْتُ زُعِمَ أَنَّ أَنَسًا الْقَائِلُ مَا كَانَ بَيْنَ ذَلِكَ قَالَ قَدْرَ مَا يَقْرَأُ الرَّجُلُ خَمْسِينَ آيَةً  

tirmidhi:703Yaḥyá b. Mūsá > Abū Dāwud al-Ṭayālisī > Hishām al-Dastawāʾī > Qatādah > Anas b. Mālik > Zayd b. Thābit

Zaid bin Thabit said: "We ate Sahar with the Messenger of Allah, then we stood for the Salat." I (Anas) said: "How long was that?" He said: "About the lengthy of fifty Ayahs."  

الترمذي:٧٠٣حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ مُوسَى حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو دَاوُدَ الطَّيَالِسِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامٌ الدَّسْتَوَائِيُّ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ قَالَ

تَسَحَّرْنَا مَعَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ ثُمَّ قُمْنَا إِلَى الصَّلاَةِ قَالَ قُلْتُ كَمْ كَانَ قَدْرُ ذَلِكَ قَالَ قَدْرُ خَمْسِينَ آيَةً  

ibnmajah:1694ʿAlī b. Muḥammad > Wakīʿ > Hishām al-Dastawāʾī > Qatādah > Anas b. Mālik > 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.”  

ابن ماجة:١٦٩٤حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ عَنْ هِشَامٍ الدَّسْتَوَائِيِّ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ قَالَ

تَسَحَّرْنَا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ ثُمَّ قُمْنَا إِلَى الصَّلاَةِ قُلْتُ كَمْ بَيْنَهُمَا؟ قَالَ قَدْرُ قِرَاءَةِ خَمْسِينَ آيَةً  

nasai-kubra:2476Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm > Wakīʿ > Hishām > 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)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٢٤٧٦أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا وَكِيعٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامٌ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَنَسٍ عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ قَالَ

تَسَحَّرْنَا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ ثُمَّ قُمْنَا إِلَى الصَّلَاةِ قُلْتُ كَمْ كَانَ بَيْنَهُمَا؟ قَالَ قَدْرُ مَا يَقْرَأُ الرَّجُلَ خَمْسِينَ آيَةً