Hadith 58

Sahih Muslim

Book 13: The Book of Fasting

Chapter 9

The virtue of sahur, which is recommended. It is recommended to delay it and to hasten the breaking of the fast

باب فَضْلِ السُّحُورِ وَتَأْكِيدِ اسْتِحْبَابِهِ وَاسْتِحْبَابِ تَأْخِيرِهِ وَتَعْجِيلِ الْفِطْرِ ‏‏

Sahih Muslim 1097a
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ، عَنْ هِشَامٍ، عَنْ قَتَادَةَ، عَنْ أَنَسٍ، عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ، - رضى الله عنه - قَالَ تَسَحَّرْنَا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم ثُمَّ قُمْنَا إِلَى الصَّلاَةِ ‏.‏ قُلْتُ كَمْ كَانَ قَدْرُ مَا بَيْنَهُمَا قَالَ خَمْسِينَ آيَةً ‏.‏
Zaid b. Thabit (Allah be pleased with him) said:

We took meal shortly before dawn along with the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ). We then stood up for prayer. I said: How much span of time was there between the two (acts, i. e. taking of Sahri and observing of prayer)? He said (a span of reciting) fifty verses.

Chain of Narrators

companion
1

Zayd ibn Thabit

زيد بن ثابت بن الضحاك بن زيد

98 narrations

companion
2

Anas bin Malik

أنس بن مالك بن النضر

2,476 narrations

follower
3

Qatada

قتادة

1,382 narrations

successor
4

Hisham bin Abi 'Abdullah al-Dastawa'i

هشام بن أبي عبد الله الدستوائي

524 narrations

successor
5

Waki' bin al-Jarrah

وكيع بن الجراح

1,129 narrations

3rd Generation
6

Abu Bakr bin Abi Shayba

أبو بكر بن أبي شيبة

2,203 narrations