[Machine] "That none of you should start his day of fasting until he has eaten some dates." I said, "But I have never left my fast without eating before dawn since I heard that from Ibn 'Abbas." So I ate from the side of the Salik (a kind of food). Then I said to him, "What is the interpretation of this?" He replied, "That was the common eating of the fasting person at the time of the Prophet ﷺ and that the fasting person should not put off his Suhoor (till late)."
(Note: Suhoor refers to the pre-dawn meal before fasting during Ramadan)
أَنْ لَا يَغْدُوَ أَحَدُكُمْ يَوْمَالْفِطْرِ حَتَّى يَطْعَمَ فَلْيَفْعَلْ قَالَ فَلَمْ أَدَعَ أَنْ آكُلَ قَبْلَ أَنْ أَغْدُوَ مُنْذُ سَمِعْتُ ذَلِكَ مِنَ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ فَآكُلَ مِنْ طَرَفِ الصَّرِيقَةِ الْأَكْلَةَ أَوْ أَشْرَبَ اللَّبَنَ أَوِ الْمَاءَ قُلْتُ فَعَلامَ يُؤَوَّلُ هَذَا؟ قَالَ سَمِعَهُ أَظُنُّ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ كَانُوا لَا يَخْرُجُونَ حَتَّى يَمْتَدَّ الضَّحَاءُ فَيَقُولُونَ نَطْعَمُ لِئَلا نَعْجَلَ عَنْ صَلاتِنَا