When breaking your fast..

Deel · #1 (**permalink**) 10-02-2007, 10:41 AM

isn't it Sunnah to first eat a date or drink water?
Growing up, I was taught that the first thing we are to eat at iftar time cannot touch fire,
meaning nothing cooked.
Hence the dates and water.

Am I wrong

?

Wolfn · #2 (**permalink**) 10-02-2007, 10:56 AM

I never heard that

Anyways, I dont like dates, so I drink water.

Rida · #3 (**permalink**) 10-02-2007, 11:12 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Deel

isn't it Sunnah to first eat a date or drink water?
Growing up, I was taught that the first thing we are to eat at iftar time cannot touch fire,
meaning nothing cooked.
Hence the dates and water.

Am I wrong

?

It is sunnah.
You can open it with anything halal, but it is recommended to open it with a date.

Wassalaam

Bluestar · #4 (**permalink**) 10-02-2007, 12:44 PM

i opened it with chocolate one day...not good. Instant sugar rush.

Deel · #5 (**permalink**) 10-02-2007, 01:10 PM

that's what i thought
dates or water

but you cant break your fast with rice or something, right?

Struggle4Peace · #6 (**permalink**) 10-02-2007, 01:16 PM

Do we 'open fast' or 'break fast'? Open just sounds funny

Deel · #7 (**permalink**) 10-02-2007, 01:19 PM

lol i've always said break my fast

Shawarma · #8 (**permalink**) 10-02-2007, 02:43 PM

It's not break your fast. When you break your fast, you invalidate it. That's why I call it opening your fast!

Yes, it's sunnah to open your fast with a date! I always open it with date and water and then do my Maghrib, and then eat.

Wolfn · #9 (**permalink**) 10-02-2007, 04:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Deel

that's what i thought
dates or water

but you cant break your fast with rice or something, right?

Well, this is the problem I see with rice: you fast all day and don't drink anything. You eat rice, and it will absorb a lot of liquid that's in your body. You will get severely dehydrated.

That's my thinking.

Deel · #10 (**permalink**) 10-02-2007, 11:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Shawarma

It's not break your fast. When you break your fast, you invalidate it. That's why I call it opening your fast!

Yes, it's sunnah to open your fast with a date! I always open it with date and water and then do my Maghrib, and then eat.

loool ok! open my fast!
i know the dates and water are Sunnah,
my question is.......
isnt it wrong to open my fast with something which has been cooked?
'cause doesnt it say in some hadith that we cant open our fast with something that has been under a fire?

Songbird · #11 (**permalink**) 10-02-2007, 11:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Deel

loool ok! open my fast!
i know the dates and water are Sunnah,
my question is.......
isnt it wrong to open my fast with something which has been cooked?
'cause doesnt it say in some hadith that we cant open our fast with something that has been under a fire?

I was brought up like that too.

Surely it has some basis?

I just know we never opened our fast with anything cooked.

Would be nice to see some daleel.

Try to stick with the Sunnah though of doing it with a date. There's also some scientific evidence I believe to back up the benefits of doing it with a date.

Arabesque · #12 (**permalink**) 10-03-2007, 08:59 AM

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Originally Posted by Bluestar

i opened it with chocolate one day...not good. Instant sugar rush.

I was raised to believe that "sugar" is the exact reason why it is recommended to break one's fast with dates.

Someone could verify this better, but from what I learned, after a long day of fasting, one's sugar level goes down. So before attacking the body with heavy food, one should attempt to raise the sugar level by eating dates.

heba · #13 (**permalink**) 10-03-2007, 09:03 AM

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Originally Posted by Arabesque

I was raised to believe that "sugar" is the exact reason why it is recommended to break one's fast with dates.

Someone could verify this better, but from what I learned, after a long day of fasting, one's sugar level goes down. So before attacking the body with heavy food, one should attempt to raise the sugar level by eating dates.

thats what i heard too

Deel · #14 (**permalink**) 10-03-2007, 09:13 AM

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Originally Posted by Songbird

I was brought up like that too.

Surely it has some basis?

I just know we never opened our fast with anything cooked.

Would be nice to see some daleel.

Try to stick with the Sunnah though of doing it with a date. There's also some scientific evidence I believe to back up the benefits of doing it with a date.

finally, i dont sound like a psyco

im sticking with the dates fa sho,
it's just that i saw a friend try to open her fast with a sambusa last week
i made her eat a date first

ahem. she's probably reading this.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Arabesque

I was raised to believe that "sugar" is the exact reason why it is recommended to break one's fast with dates.

Someone could verify this better, but from what I learned, after a long day of fasting, one's sugar level goes down. So before attacking the body with heavy food, one should attempt to raise the sugar level by eating dates.

yeah i heard something like that too
plus, dates are healthy!

Allah swt knows best.

Pushpa · #15 (**permalink**) 10-03-2007, 10:14 AM

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Originally Posted by Deel

loool ok! open my fast!
i know the dates and water are Sunnah,
my question is.......
isnt it wrong to open my fast with something which has been cooked?
'cause doesnt it say in some hadith that we cant open our fast with something that has been under a fire?

It's not HARAM to open your fast with something cooked, if that's what you mean. Although common sense dictates that it's probably not the best idea to hit your hungry body with a dollop of spicy chickpeas right off.