Have Sahūr (pre-dawn meal) for, indeed, there is a blessing in Sahūr

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Hadith text: Have Sahūr (pre-dawn meal) for, indeed, there is a bles…

عن أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ: قَالَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «تَسَحَّرُوا، فَإِنَّ فِي السَّحُورِ بَرَكَةً».

Anas ibn Mālik (may Allah be pleased with him) reported: The Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Have Sahūr (pre-dawn meal) for, indeed, there is a blessing in Sahūr."

Explanation of the hadith: Have Sahūr (pre-dawn meal) for, indeed, there is a bles…

Lessons: Have Sahūr (pre-dawn meal) for, indeed, there is a bles…

• Having Sahūr is recommended and represents compliance with the Shariah command.
• Ibn Hajar said in "Fat'h Al-Bāri": "The blessing in Sahūr is attained in multiple ways: following the Sunnah, differing from the People of the Book, gaining strength for worship, increasing energy, warding off bad morals that hunger might provoke, providing the opportunity for the charity to those who ask or who join in eating, fostering Dhikr (remembrance of Allah) and supplication during a time likely for supplications to be answered, and allowing the opportunity to renew the intention for fasting for those who may have forgotten to do so before sleeping.
• The good teaching approach of the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) as he couples the ruling with the relevant rationale to reassure the listener and make the sublimity of the Shariah known.
• Ibn Hajar said: Sahūr is fulfilled with the least amount of food or drink that a person consumes.

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