No. 2421

'Umar (Allaah be pleased with him) reported Allaah's Messenger (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) as saying: When the night approaches and the day retreates and the sun sinks down, then the observer of the fast should break it. Ibn Numair made no mention of the word" then".

No. 2422

'Abdullah b. Abi Aufa reported: We were with the Messenger of Allaah (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) on a journey during the month of Ramadan. When the sun had sunk he said: So and so, get down (from your ride) and prepare the meal of parched barley for us. He said: Messenger of Allaah, still (there is light of) day. He (the Prophet) said: Get down and prepare meal of parched barley for us. So he got down and prepared the meal of parched barley and offered him, and the Prophet of Allaah (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) drank that (liquid meal). He then told with the gesture of his hand that when the sun sank from that side and the night appeared from that side, then the observer of the fast should break it.

No. 2423

Ibn Abi Aufa (Allaah be pleased with him) reported: We were with the Messenger of Allaah (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) on a journey. When the sun sank he said to a person: Get down and prepare barley meal for us. Upon this he said: Messenger of Allaah, let there be dusk. (He the Prophet) said: Get down and prepare barley meal for us. He (the person) said: There is still (the light of) day upon us. (But) he got down (in obedience to the command of the Prophet) and prepared a barley meal for him and he (the Prophet) drank that (liquid meal) and then said: When you see the night approaching from that side (west) (and he pointed towards the east with his hand), then the observer of the fast should break it.

No. 2424

Abdullah b. Abi Aufa (Allaah be pleased with him) reported: We travelled with the Messenger of Allaah (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) as he had been observing fast. When the sun sank he said: So and so, get down and prepare barley meal for us. The rest of the hadith is the same.

No. 2425

This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Ibn Abi Aufa (Allaah be pleased with him) through another chain of transmitters (but with a sight alteration of words): In this hadith transmitted by one of the narrators (neither these words are found): During the month of Ramadan." nor his statement:" And the night prevails from that side (the eastern side)." (These words are found in the narration of) Hushaim only.