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.