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BREAK YOUR FAST WHEN YOU SEE THE NIGHT APPROACHING FROM THE EAST

1263

“We were with the Messenger of Allah, praise and peace be upon him, on a journey when he was observing a voluntary fast. When the sun set he said to someone, ‘So and so, dismount and prepare the ground and roast barley for us.’ He answered, ‘O Messenger of Allah, praise and peace be upon him, please let it be dark.’ He repeated, ‘Dismount and prepare the barley for us.’ The man said, ‘There is still daylight.’ The Messenger of Allah, praise and peace be upon him, said a third time: ‘Dismount and prepare the barley for us.’ Upon this the man dismounted and prepared the food. The Messenger of Allah, praise and peace be upon him, ate and pointing to the east said, ‘When you perceive the night approaching from that direction let whosoever is fasting break their fast.’”

Bukhari and Muslim with a chain up to Abdullah son of Aufa who related that the Messenger of Allah, praise and peace be upon him, said this.