حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَی عَنْ التَّيْمِيِّ ح و حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ يُونُسَ حَدَّثَنَا زُهَيْرٌ حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ التَّيْمِيُّ عَنْ أَبِي عُثْمَانَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ لَا يَمْنَعَنَّ أَحَدَکُمْ أَذَانُ بِلَالٍ مِنْ سُحُورِهِ فَإِنَّهُ يُؤَذِّنُ أَوْ قَالَ يُنَادِي لِيَرْجِعَ قَائِمُکُمْ وَيَنْتَبِهَ نَائِمُکُمْ وَلَيْسَ الْفَجْرُ أَنْ يَقُولَ هَکَذَا قَالَ مُسَدَّدٌ وَجَمَعَ يَحْيَی کَفَّيْهِ حَتَّی يَقُولَ هَکَذَا وَمَدَّ يَحْيَی بِأُصْبُعَيْهِ السَّبَّابَتَيْنِ
سنن ابودوٗد · Hadith 2347
Narrated Abdullah bin Masud: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ as saying: The summons (adhan) of Bilal should not restrain one of you from taking a meal shortly before dawn, for he utters adhan or calls (for prayer) so that the man at prayer may return, and the man asleep may get up. Dawn is not (the whiteness) which indicates thus (in perpendicular) - the narrator Musaddad said: Yahya joined his palms (indicating the spread of whiteness vertically - until it indicates thus - and Yahya spread out two ring-fingers of his (demonstrating the spread of whiteness horizontally)l
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020