Permission of sehar in Ramadan

Iftar

Eating drinking etc are allowed after Iftar during nights of Ramadan In the early years of Islam Muslims were allowed to eat, drink and have only until the `Isha' prayer, unless one sleeps before the `Isha' prayer. Those who slept before `Isha' or offered the `Isha' prayer, were not allowed to drink, eat until the next night. The Muslims found that to be difficult for them.
So Allah send verses of surah Al-baqra 187 and took mercy on muslims Allah said that “ Eat and drink until the white thread light of dawn appears to you distinct from the black thread darkness of night, then complete your fast till the nightfall.
These are the limits set by Allah, so approach them not. Thus does Allah make clear His Ayat to mankind that they may acquire Taqwa.” And eat and drink until the white thread light of dawn appears to you distinct from the black thread darkness of night, then complete your fast till the nightfall.
Allah has allowed eating and drinking, during any part of the night until the light of dawn is distinguished from the darkness of the night. Allah has described that time as `distinguishing the white thread from the black thread.' He then made it clearer when He said: “of dawn.”
Ha zrat Muhammad (PBUH) said that muslims should Eat and drink until the white thread appears , distinct from the black thread and of dawn was not revealed, some people who intended to fast, tied black and white threads to their legs and went on eating till they differentiated between the two. Allah then revealed the words, of dawn, and it became clear to them that it meant the darkness of night and the light of day.

'' Ash-Sha`bi said that `Adi said, "I took two strings, one black and the other white and kept them under my pillow and went on looking at them throughout the night, but could not make any distinction between the two. So, the next morning I went to Allah's Messenger and told him the whole story.

Hazrat Muhammad (PBUH) said that Pillow of muslims was very wide if the white and black threads are under it! Some wordings for this Hadith read. Your Qafa back side of your neck is wide! Question arises What is the white thread from the black thread Are they actual threads.
Hazrat Muhammad (PBUH) said that Your Qafa is wide if you see the two threads.
Rather, they are the blackness of the night and the whiteness of the daylight. Now a days sehar time starts about two hours before the fajar azan .
All muslims awake at this time and eat things as they wish . In Asia most popular things are curd , lasi of curd, paratha , chapatti, puri, curry , etc. As fajar azan starts they stop to eat and drink till Maghrib prayer . Now a days there are very large number of facilities . We can see time on T.V,can listen on radio. There is announcement in every mosque after every fifteen minutes .

After eating sehar we should pray and say

"Wa Bi Somi Gandan Nawatu Min Shehray Ramadan"

I intend to keep the fast in the month of Ramadan

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