The Book of Mosques and Places of Prayer-03b
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The reciter: Hārūn ibn Sa‘īd al-Aylī narrated to us, Ibn Wahb narrated to us, ‘Amr informed me from Ibn Shihāb, who said: Anas ibn Mālik narrated to me that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Sahih Muslim 557b.
The Shaykh : His statement: “Do not hasten away from your night meal” includes not eating at all, or beginning to eat and then getting up before finishing.
When the supper is brought before you, and it is also the time to say prayer, first take food before saying evening prayer and do not hasten (to prayer, leaving aside the food).
إذا قرب العشاء وحضرت الصلاة فابدؤوا به قبل أن تصلوا صلاة المغرب ولا تعجلوا عن عشائكمThe Shaykh : His statement: “Do not hasten away from your night meal” includes not eating at all, or beginning to eat and then getting up before finishing.