Chapter 204: About the Desirability of having the Pre-Dawn Meal
Hadith 669: Hadith 669
Translation: 669. Narrated Anas ibn Malek: The Prophet said: " Take Sahoor 24 as there is a blessing in it. " (Bukhari)
Hadith 670: Hadith 670
Translation: 670. Narrated Anas: ' Zayd ibn Thabit said: " We took Sahoor with the Prophet. Then he stood for the prayer. I asked: ' What was the interval between Sahoor and azan? ' He replied; ' The interval was sufficient to recite fifty Verses of the Koran. " 9319 (Bukhari)
Translation: 24 Al-Sahoor is the pre-dawn meal. It is desirable that a person who intends to observe voluntary or obligatory fasting should take that meal. It is preferable to delay until shortly before dawn. It is desirable that one has that meal, even if it is only a sip of water.
Hadith 671: Hadith 671
Translation: 671. Narrated Ibn Omar ' The Prophet said: " Indeed, Bilal delivers azan by night, so eat and drink until Ibn Umm Maktoom delivers azan ' (At-Termizi)
Translation: Abu-Issa said: " The Hadith of Ibn Omar is Hasan Saheeh but the people of knowledge differed about azan by night. Some of them said that if Mo'azin delivered Al Atha n by night, it is sufficient and he should not repeat it. This is the opinion of Malek, Ibn Al-Mobarak, Al-Shafe'e, Ahmed and Ishaq. Some others said that if he had delivered azan by night, he should repeat it. This is the opinion of Sofyan Al- Thawri. It was narrated on the authority of Ibn Omar that Bilal had delivered azan by night and the Prophet ﷺ ordered him to call: ' The servant of Allah has fallen asleep. " " Abu- Issa said: " This Hadith is not memorized and the authentic one is the one in question. " "