Al-Adab Al-Mufrad
Book 50, Hadith 1231
حَدَّثَنَا عَارِمٌ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا حَبِيبٌ الْمُعَلِّمُ، عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ أَبِي رَبَاحٍ، عَنْ جَابِرٍ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ: كُفُوًا صِبْيَانَكُمْ حَتَّى تَذْهَبَ فَحْمَةُ، أَوْ فَوْرَةُ، الْعِشَاءِ، سَاعَةَ تَهَبُّ الشَّيَاطِينُ.
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
‘Arim related to us: Hammad ibn Salamah related to us: Habib al-Mu‘allim related to us, from ‘Ata’ ibn Abi Rabah, from Jabir, from the Prophet, Allah bless him and grant him peace, who said: ‘Keep your children close until the darkness—or the onset—of evening has passed, at the time when the devils go abroad.’
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The source preserves two readings, فحمة (deep darkness) or فورة (surge/onset), so both are reflected in the translation.
حَتَّى تَذْهَبَ فَحْمَةُ، أَوْ فَوْرَةُ، الْعِشَاءِ
The source explicitly records two variant readings for the time period: فحمة or فورة العشاء.
Should the final English follow one reading or preserve both as in this source?