13/8. Chapter:
Al-Lu'lu Wal-Marjan 661 — The Book of As-Siyâm (the Fasting)
The timing of Saum (fast) begins with the dawn, and one is allowed to eat and drink till dawn, and the explanation of the dawn that marks the legal beginning of a Saum and about the beginning of the time of the Fajr (morning) prayer etc.
Al-Lu'lu Wal-Marjan : 661
Al-Lu'lu Wal-MarjanHadith Number 661
حديث سَهْلِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ، قَالَ: أُنْزِلَتْ (وَكُلُوا وَاشْرَبُوا حَتَّى يَتَبَيَّنَ لَكُمُ الْخَيْطُ الأَبْيَضُ مِنَ الْخَيْطِ الأَسْوَدِ) وَلَمْ يَنْزِلْ مِنَ الْفَجْرِ فَكَانَ رِجَالٌ، إِذا أَرَادُوا ⦗٦⦘ الصَّوْمَ، رَبَطَ أَحَدُهُمْ فِي رِجْلِهِ الْخَيْطَ الأَبْيَضَ وَالْخَيْطَ الأَسْوَدَ، وَلَمْ يَزَلْ يَأْكلُ حَتَّى يَتَبَيَّنَ لَهُ رُؤْيَتُهُمَا، فَأَنْزَل اللهُ بَعْدُ مِنَ الْفَجْرِ فَعَلِمُوا أَنَّهُ إِنَّمَا يَعْنِي اللَّيْلَ وَالنَّهَارَ.
Sahl bin Sa`d Narrated from:
When the following Verses were revealed: 'Eat and drink until the white thread appears to you, distinct from the black thread,' and 'of dawn' was not revealed, some people who intended to observe Saum (fast), tied black and white threads to their legs and went on eating till they differentiated between the two. Allâh تعالى then revealed the words, 'of dawn', and it became clear that meant night and day. (Sahîh Al-Bukhâri, Hadîth No. 141, Vol. 3)
