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tabarani:8236b

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Dawn is not the white rectangle, but it is the redness that spreads across the horizon."  

الطبراني:٨٢٣٦bوَبِإِسْنَادِهِ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ «لَيْسَ الْفَجْرُ بِالْأَبْيَضِ الْمُسْتَطِيلِ وَلَكِنَّهُ الْأَحْمَرُ الْمُعْتَرِضُ»  


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Collected by Aḥmad, Ṭabarānī, Suyūṭī
ahmad:16291Mūsá > Muḥammad b. Jābir > ʿAbdullāh b. al-Nuʿmān > Qays b. Ṭalq from his father

[Machine] "The Prophet ﷺ said, Fajr (dawn prayer time) is not the rectangle in the horizon, but it is the redness that crosses it."  

أحمد:١٦٢٩١حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَابِرٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ النُّعْمَانِ عَنْ قَيْسِ بْنِ طَلْقٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ لَيْسَ الْفَجْرُ الْمُسْتَطِيلَ فِيالْأُفُقِ وَلَكِنَّهُ الْمُعْتَرِضُ الْأَحْمَرُ  

ahmad:24009-24Abū Zakariyyā al-Saylaḥīnī > Muḥammad b. Jābir > Qays b. Ṭalq from his father

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "The dawn is not the white that spreads, but rather it is the redness."  

أحمد:٢٤٠٠٩-٢٤حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو زَكَرِيَّا السَّيْلَحِينِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَابِرٍ عَنْ قَيْسِ بْنِ طَلْقٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لَيْسَ الْفَجْرُ بِالْأَبْيَضِ الْمُعْتَرِضِ وَلَكِنَّهُ الْأَحْمَرُ  

tabarani:8236a

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "The dawn is not the white rectangle, but rather the reddish streak."  

الطبراني:٨٢٣٦aوَبِإِسْنَادِهِ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ «لَيْسَ الْفَجْرُ بِالْأَبْيَضِ الْمُسْتَطِيلِ وَلَكِنَّهُ الْأَحْمَرُ الْمُعْتَرِضُ»