Hadith #65
Arabic Text
حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبِي يَقُولُ حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو قَيْسٍ مَوْلَى عَمْرِو بْنِ الْعَاصِ أَنَّ عَمْرَو بْنَ الْعَاصِ كَانَ يَسْرُدُ الص
َّوْمَ وَقَلَّمَا كَانَ يُصِيبُ مِنْ الْعَشَاءِ أَوَّلَ اللَّيْلِ أَكْثَرَ مَا كَانَ يُصِيبُ مِنْ السَّحَرِ قَالَ وَسَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ إِنَّ فَصْلًا بَيْنَ صِيَامِنَا وَصِيَامِ أَهْلِ الْكِتَابِ أَكْلَةُ السَّحَرِ
Isnad Chain
English Translation
Abū Qays, the freed slave of ʿAmr ibn al-ʿĀṣ, narrated that ʿAmr ibn al-ʿĀṣ used to fast continuously and rarely ate at dinner in the early part of the night. He mostly ate at suḥūr (pre-dawn). He would say: I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: 'The distinguishing factor between our fasting and the fasting of the People of the Book is the pre-dawn meal.'
Reference: Musnad Ahmad, Book 34, Hadith 65
Sunnah.com ref: Musnad Ahmad 17103
Islam.wiki ID: IWH-53493