Sayyiduna Samurah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Do not be deceived by Bilal’s (may Allah be pleased with him) call to prayer or the vertical whiteness of the dawn (and thus stop eating the pre-dawn meal); continue until the (true) light of dawn spreads horizontally."

Hazrat Taliq bin Ali narrates that the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) said: "Continue eating and drinking (at suhoor), and do not be deceived by the ascending white light. And keep eating and drinking until the red streak becomes clear to you." And the Prophet (peace be upon him) indicated with his hand.

Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Indeed, Bilal (may Allah be pleased with him) gives the adhan at night, so you may continue eating and drinking until Ibn Umm Maktum gives the adhan."

Lady Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) narrates that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Indeed, Bilal (may Allah be pleased with him) gives the call to prayer at night, so eat and drink (for suhoor) until Ibn Umm Maktum (may Allah be pleased with him) gives the call to prayer." And he said that the interval between the two calls to prayer was only as long as it took for one to descend after giving the call and the other to ascend. And in the narration of Al-Dawraqi from Qasim, these words are mentioned: "When Bilal gives the call to prayer, then eat and drink until Ibn Umm Maktum (may Allah be pleased with him) gives the call to prayer." And the interval between their two calls to prayer was only as long as it took for one to descend after giving the call and the other to ascend. Imam Abu Bakr (may Allah have mercy on him) says that this narration is of the kind about which I say that it contains such reasons upon which analogy is permissible. And it is certain that when the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) permitted eating and drinking after the call to prayer of Sayyiduna Bilal (may Allah be pleased with him), he informed them that at that time, intercourse and every act permissible for a non-fasting person is allowed. It is not that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) only permitted eating and drinking and prohibited other things.

The noble wife of the Prophet (peace be upon him), Sayyidah Hafsah (may Allah be pleased with her), narrates from the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) that he said: "Whoever does not make a firm intention and resolve to fast before Fajr, his fast will not be valid."

Imam Abu Bakr, may Allah have mercy on him, says that I have already recorded in the Book of Wudu the narration from Sayyiduna Umar bin Khattab, may Allah be pleased with him, from the Noble Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, that indeed the acceptance of deeds depends upon intentions, and indeed every person will have only that which he intended.

Imam Abu Bakr (may Allah have mercy on him) says that the hadith of Sayyidah Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her), in which the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) would come to her and ask: "Do you have any food? If not, then I am fasting," I have already mentioned in the chapter regarding voluntary fasts.

Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates from the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) that he (peace be upon him) said: "Partake in suhoor, for there is blessing in suhoor."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Partake in suhoor, for there is blessing in suhoor."