Sahih al-Bukhari Hadith 595 – Volume 1, Book 11

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Volume 1, Book 11, Number 595:
Narrated 'Abdullah bin Mas'ud:
The Prophet said, "The Adhan pronounced by Bilal should not stop you from taking Suhur, for he
pronounces the Adhan at night, so that the one offering the late night prayer (Tahajjud) from among
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you might hurry up and the sleeping from among you might wake up. It does not mean that dawn or
morning has started." Then he (the Prophet) pointed with his fingers and raised them up (towards
the sky) and then lowered them (towards the earth) like this (Ibn Mas'ud imitated the gesture of the
Prophet). Az-Zuhri gestured with his two index fingers which he put on each other and then
stretched them to the right and left. These gestures illustrate the way real dawn appears. It spreads
left and right horizontally. The dawn that appears in the high sky and lowers down is not the real
dawn) .