Hadith #323
Arabic Text
حَدَّثَنَا هُشَيْمٌ أَخْبَرَنَا حُصَيْنٌ عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ أَخْبَرَنَا عَدِيُّ بْنُ حَاتِمٍ قَالَ لَمَّا نَزَلَتْ هَذِهِ الْآيَةُ { وَكُلُوا وَاشْرَبُوا حَتَّى يَتَبَيَّنَ لَكُمْ الْخَيْطُ الْأَبْيَضُ مِنْ الْخَيْطِ الْأَسْوَدِ } قَالَ عَمَدْتُ إِلَى عِقَالَيْنِ أَحَدُهُمَا أَسْوَدُ وَالْآخَرُ أَبْيَضُ فَجَعَلْتُهُمَا تَحْتَ وِسَادِي قَالَ
ثُمَّ جَعَلْتُ أَنْظُرُ إِلَيْهِمَا فَلَا تُبِينُ لِي الْأَسْوَدَ مِنْ الْأَبْيَضِ وَلَا الْأَبْيَضَ مِنْ الْأَسْوَدِ فَلَمَّا أَصْبَحْتُ غَدَوْتُ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَأَخْبَرْتُهُ بِالَّذِي صَنَعْتُ فَقَالَ إِنْ كَانَ وِسَادُكَ إِذًا لَعَرِيضٌ إِنَّمَا ذَلِكَ بَيَاضُ النَّهَارِ مِنْ سَوَادِ اللَّيْلِ
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English Translation
ʿAdī ibn Ḥātim narrated: When this verse was revealed — 'Eat and drink until the white thread becomes distinct to you from the black thread' — I took two headbands, one black and one white, and placed them under my pillow. I kept looking at them but I could not distinguish the black from the white nor the white from the black. When morning came, I went to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and told him what I had done. He said: 'Your pillow must be very wide indeed! It is only the darkness of the night and the whiteness of the day.'
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Quran References
Reference: Musnad Ahmad, Book 36, Hadith 323
Sunnah.com ref: Musnad Ahmad 18561
Islam.wiki ID: IWH-54951