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APPROACHING FROM THE EAST
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“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
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“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