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Sahih al-Bukhari 621 (Book 10, Hadith 19) #599
Understanding Real Dawn

SUMMARY: The Prophet (ﷺ) taught that Bilal's Adhan should not be taken as a sign of the start of dawn, and explained how real dawn appears.

Narrated 'Abdullah bin Mas'ud: The Prophet ﷺ 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 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) .
حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ يُونُسَ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا زُهَيْرٌ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ التَّيْمِيُّ، عَنْ أَبِي عُثْمَانَ النَّهْدِيِّ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ ‏ "‏ لاَ يَمْنَعَنَّ أَحَدَكُمْ ـ أَوْ أَحَدًا مِنْكُمْ ـ أَذَانُ بِلاَلٍ مِنْ سَحُورِهِ، فَإِنَّهُ يُؤَذِّنُ ـ أَوْ يُنَادِي ـ بِلَيْلٍ، لِيَرْجِعَ قَائِمَكُمْ وَلِيُنَبِّهَ نَائِمَكُمْ، وَلَيْسَ أَنْ يَقُولَ الْفَجْرُ أَوِ الصُّبْحُ ‏"‏‏.‏ وَقَالَ بِأَصَابِعِهِ وَرَفَعَهَا إِلَى فَوْقُ وَطَأْطَأَ إِلَى أَسْفَلُ حَتَّى يَقُولَ هَكَذَا‏.‏ وَقَالَ زُهَيْرٌ بِسَبَّابَتَيْهِ إِحْدَاهُمَا فَوْقَ الأُخْرَى ثُمَّ مَدَّهَا عَنْ يَمِينِهِ وَشِمَالِهِ‏.‏
TOPICS
dawn  *  adhan  *  suhur  *  tahajjud  *  fajr

QUICK LESSONS:
Pay attention to your surroundings in order understand when morning has truly begun so you can properly observe your religious obligations such as fasting during Ramadan or performing Tahajjud late night prayers on time .

EXPLANATIONS:
This hadith is about understanding when morning or daybreak begins. The Prophet Muhammad ﷺ taught that Bilal's call to prayer should not be taken as a sign of the start of dawn, and instead explained how real dawn appears. He gestured with his fingers towards the sky and then lowered them towards the earth, illustrating how real dawn spreads horizontally from left to right. He also said that if it appears in the high sky and lowers down, it is not considered true morning or daybreak yet. This hadith teaches us to pay attention to our surroundings in order to understand when morning has truly begun so we can properly observe our religious obligations such as fasting during Ramadan or performing Tahajjud late night prayers.

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