Historical Background of Fasting – Dr Zakir Naik
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Yusuf Chambers: Just one little question or it could just be a clarification regarding the historical significance from the Qur’an regarding Suhoor, the pre dawn meal. Before the Qur’an stipulated exactly how it should be taken, how did the Sahabas, the companions of the Prophet Muhammad, (Sallallahu alaihe wa sallam), started to begin the fast?
Dr. Zakir: Before the Qur’an gave the exact details of the timings of Suhoor etc. the Sahabas at the time of Prophet before the Quranic verse of Surah Baqarah ch. 2 verse no. 187 was reveled they used to follow what was practiced earlier by the Ahle Kitaab, by the people of the Book. And that you get from various records, even from various Hadith etc. and at that time they were suppose to have the Iftaar immediately after sunset. And once they went to sleep they could not have any meal. Then they had to fast the complete next day and they could only have the meal the next day after sunset. So this was the practice that was followed earlier.
And there is a Hadith which is mentioned in
Sahih Bukhari Bok of Fasting Hadith no. 1915 where it mentions about
A Sahaba by the name of Qais ibn Sirmar Al Ansari and He comes one day to the house at the time of Iftaar after doing a lot of hard work and he tells his wife that I am hungry please can I have some food for Iftaar. So the wife says there is no food in the house, I will go and get it from outside. So when she goes out to get food because this Sahabas Qais, May Allah be pleased with him, he was very tired so before the wife comes back, he goes to sleep, sleep overtakes him. So by the time the wife comes back and she sees her husband sleeping. She says “O what a disappointment! Now he can’t have the meal.” So when he gets up the next day, he could not have the food and he had to fast the whole next day and by the time evening comes, he faints. So they took the matter to the Prophet and told him what has happened and after that the verse of Quran Surah Baqarah ch. no. 2 verse no. 187 was reveled that you can approach your wife and eat and drink until the white thread of dawn is differentiated from the black thread. So then were the rules laid down. That you can eat the full night and then the verse continues, you can fast till the night falls means till the sunset.
So before this verse was reveled the action of the fast was different, they could have only one meal immediately after sunset and once they sleep they could not have again until this verse of Surah Baqarah ch. no. 2 verse no. 187 was reveled and that’s what we follow today.
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