Sunan Abi Dawud

Sunan Abi Dawud 534

Arabic hadith text

حَدَّثَنَا زُهَيْرُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ، حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ، حَدَّثَنَا جَعْفَرُ بْنُ بُرْقَانَ، عَنْ شَدَّادٍ، مَوْلَى عِيَاضِ بْنِ عَامِرٍ عَنْ بِلاَلٍ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ لَهُ ‏"‏ لاَ تُؤَذِّنْ حَتَّى يَسْتَبِينَ لَكَ الْفَجْرُ هَكَذَا ‏"‏ ‏.‏ وَمَدَّ يَدَيْهِ عَرْضًا قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُدَ شَدَّادٌ مَوْلَى عِيَاضٍ لَمْ يُدْرِكْ بِلاَلاً ‏.‏

Translation

Zuhayr ibn Harb narrated to us: Wakiʿ narrated to us: Jaʿfar ibn Burqan narrated to us, from Shaddad, the freedman of ʿIyad ibn ʿAmir, from Bilal, that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said to him: ‘Do not call the prayer until dawn has become clear to you, like this’—and he spread his hands horizontally. Abu Dawud said: Shaddad, the freedman of ʿIyad, did not meet Bilal.