Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا حَسَنُ بْنُ مُوسَى حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو هِلَالٍ حَدَّثَنَا قَتَادَةُ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ قَالَ مَرَرْتُ بِنَبِيِّ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَهُوَ يَتَسَحَّرُ يَأْكُلُ تَمْرًا فَقَالَ تَعَالَ فَكُلْ فَقُلْتُ إِنِّي أُرِيدُ الصَّوْمَ فَقَالَ وَأَنَا أُرِيدُ مَا تُرِيدُ فَأَكَلْنَا ثُمَّ قُمْنَا إِلَى الصَّلَاةِ فَكَانَ بَيْنَ مَا أَكَلْنَا وَبَيْنَ أَنْ قُمْنَا إِلَى الصَّلَاةِ قَدْرُ مَا يَقْرَأُ الرَّجُلُ خَمْسِينَ آيَةً.
English Translation
Hasan ibn Musa told us: Abu Hilal told us: Qatadah told us, from Anas ibn Malik, from Zayd ibn Thabit, who said: 'I passed by the Prophet of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, while he was eating dates for the pre-dawn meal. He said: "Come and eat." I said: "I intend to fast." He said: "And I intend what you intend." So we ate, then we got up for the prayer, and the time between our eating and our getting up for the prayer was about the time it takes a man to recite fifty verses.'