13. The Book of Fasting

١٣۔ كتاب الصيام

13.9 The virtue of sahur, which is recommended. It is recommended to delay it and to hasten the breaking of the fast

١٣۔٩ باب فَضْلِ السُّحُورِ وَتَأْكِيدِ اسْتِحْبَابِهِ وَاسْتِحْبَابِ تَأْخِيرِهِ وَتَعْجِيلِ الْفِطْرِ

Suhur is full of blessings

(665) bukhari:1923Ādam b. Abū Iyās > Shuʿbah > ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz b. Ṣuhayb > Anas b. Mālik

The Prophet ﷺ said, "Take Suhur as there is a blessing in it."  

(٦٦٥) البخاري:١٩٢٣حَدَّثَنَا آدَمُ بْنُ أَبِي إِيَاسٍ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ صُهَيْبٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَنَسَ بْنَ مَالِكٍ ؓ قَالَ

قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ تَسَحَّرُوا فَإِنَّ فِي السَّحُورِ بَرَكَةً  

Recommendation to eat suhur close to start of Fajr

(666) bukhari:575ʿAmr b. ʿĀṣim > Hammām > Qatādah > Anas > Zayd b. Thābit

they took the Suhur (predawn meal) with the Prophet ﷺ and then stood up for the (morning) prayer. I asked him: "How long was the interval between the two (Suhur and Fajr)?" He replied: "The interval between the two was just sufficient to recite fifty or sixty ayah."  

(٦٦٦) البخاري:٥٧٥حَدَّثَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ عَاصِمٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا هَمَّامٌ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَنَسٍ أَنَّ زَيْدَ بْنَ ثَابِتٍ حَدَّثَهُ

«أَنَّهُمْ تَسَحَّرُوا مَعَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ، ثُمَّ قَامُوا إِلَى الصَّلَاةِ، قُلْتُ: كَمْ بَيْنَهُمَا؟ قَالَ: قَدْرُ خَمْسِينَ أَوْ سِتِّينَ يَعْنِي آيَةً»  

Recommendation to hasten breaking the fast

(667) bukhari:1957ʿAbdullāh b. Yūsuf > Mālik > Abū Ḥāzim > Sahl b. Saʿd

that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "The people will remain on the right path as long as they hasten the breaking of the fast."  

(٦٦٧) البخاري:١٩٥٧حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ يُوسُفَ أَخْبَرَنَا مَالِكٌ عَنْ أَبِي حَازِمٍ عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ لاَ يَزَالُ النَّاسُ بِخَيْرٍ مَا عَجَّلُوا الْفِطْرَ