Prophetic Commentary on the Qur'an (Tafseer of the Prophet (pbuh)) · "...And eat and drink until the white thread (light) of dawn appears to you distinct from the black thread (darkness of the night).. ." (V.2:187)
Narrated Sahl bin Sa`d The Verse "And eat and drink until the white thread appears to you distinct:
from the black thread." was revealed, but: '... of dawn' was not revealed (along with it) so some men,
when intending to fast, used to tie their legs, one with white thread and the other with black thread and
would keep on eating till they could distinguish one thread from the other. Then Allah revealed' ... of
dawn,' whereupon they understood that meant the night and the day.
Narrated Ash-Shu`bi:
`Adi took a white rope (or thread) and a black one, and when some part of the night had passed, he
looked at them but he could not distinguish one from the other. The next morning he said, "O Allah'…
Narrated `Adi bin Hatim:
I said, "O Allah's Messenger! What is the meaning of the white thread distinct from the black thread? Are
these two threads?" He said, "You are not intelligent if you watch the two threads." He…
Narrated Abdullah ibn Abbas:
Ibn Abbas explained the following Qur'anic verse: "O ye who believe! fasting is prescribed for you as it was prescribed for those before you" During the lifetime of the Prophet (ﷺ), when the…
Al Bara’ (bin Azib) said “When a man fasted and slept, he could not eat till (another nigh) like it.” Sarmah bin Qais Al Ansari came to his wife while he was fasting and asked her Do you have something (to eat)? She repl…
It was narrated from Abu Hurairah that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said:
“A man may do the deeds of the people of goodness for seventy years, then when he makes his will, he is unjust in his will, so he ends (his life) wi…
Narrated Al-Bara bin 'Azib:
"It was the custom among the Companions of Muhammad (ﷺ), that if any of them was fasting and the food was presented but he had slept before eating, he would not eat that night, nor the followi…