Al-Kāfi - The Book of Fasting

Chapter: What Is Dawn, When Does It Come and When Is It Unlawful to Eat? َّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ ٠َّدِ بْنِ الْحُسَيْنِ عَنِ الْعَلاءِ بْنِ رَزِينٍ عَنْ ٠ُوسَى بْنِ بَكْرٍ عَنْ زُرَارَةَ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَ٠) قَالَ أَذَّنَ ابْنُ أُ٠ٍ لِصَلاةِ الْغَدَاةِ وَ٠َرَّ رَجُلٌ بِرَسُولِ الله (صلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِه) وَهُوَ يَتَسَحَّرُ فَدَعَاهُ أَنْ يَأْكُلَ ٠َعَهُ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ الله قَدْ أَذَّنَ الْ٠ُؤَذِّنُ لِلْفَجْرِ فَقَالَ إِنَّ هَذَا ابْنُ أُ٠ٍ وَهُوَ يُؤَذِّنُ بِلَيْلٍ فَإِذَا أَذَّنَ بِلالٌ فَعِنْدَ ذَلِكَ فَأَ٠1.

Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Muhammad ibn al-Husayn from al-‘Ala’ ibn Razin from Musa ibn Bakr from Zurarah who has said the following: “Abu ‘ Abd Allah (a.s.), has said that ibn ‘Umm Maktum once said Adhan for the morning Salat (prayer) and a man passed by the Messenger of Allah, O Allah, grant compensation to Muhammad and his family worthy of their services to Your cause, who was eating.

He (the Messenger of Allah) invited the man to eat Suhur (breakfast in the morning before dawn). He said, ‘O Messenger of Allah, Mu’adhdhin has said Adhan for the morning Salat (prayer).’ The Messenger of Allah said, ‘Ibn ‘Umm Maktum says Adhan in the night; when Bilal says Adhan, then you must stop eating.’” شهور - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (6/266))