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Benefits Of Eating Sahuur ( The Pre-dawn Meal) by good4all: 11:08pm On Jun 17, 2015 |
Suhoor (Arabic: ﺳﺤﻮﺭ lit. of the dawn), also called Sehur, Sehri, Sahari and Sahur in other languages, is an Islamic term referring to the meal consumed early in the morning by Muslims before fasting, sawm, in daylight hours during the Islamic month of Ramadan. The meal is eaten before fajr, or dawn. Suhoor as the morning meal is matched by Iftar as the evening meal, during Ramadan, replacing the traditional three meals a day (breakfast, lunch and dinner),although in some places dinner is also consumed after Iftar later during the night. Being the only meal eaten by Muslims from dawn to sunset during the month of Ramadan, Suhoor typically tends to be heavy and is highly regarded by Islamic traditions to benefit of the blessings and avoid crankiness or weakness caused by the fast. Anas (may Allah swt be pleased with him) quoted that the Prophet s.a.w (peace and blessings be upon him) as saying, “Make sure to have your sahur meal, for sahur is blessed” (Al- Bukhari and Muslim) Amr ibn Al-Aas quoted that the Prophet s.a.w (peace and blessings be upon him) as saying, “the difference between our fasting and that People of the Book is the sahur meal” (Muslim) Hadith: Rasulullah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: “Have your pre-dawn meal (sahur) because there is a blessing at the pre-dawn meal time.” (Narrated by Bukhari and Muslim) Huraian Hadith: Lessons from Hadith: 1. The sahur time starts from midnight to dawn but it is sunnah (recommended) to end the pre- dawn meal about 10 to 15 minutes before the bilal calls for Subh prayer. Rasulullah (peace and blessings be upon him) once said that the pre- dawn meal time is similar to the time of reciting 50 Quran verses. 2. Sleepiness and tiredness cannot be an excuse to skip the pre-dawn meal because it can help to strengthen a fasting person’s body to enable him to perform the fast in daytime. Besides, the pre- dawn meal itself is a recommended blessed practise. According to Ibn Hajar Al-Asqalani, the meaning of blessings (barakah) is the gaining of reward that Allah s.w.t. will bestow upon those who eat their pre-dawn meal and angels will also pray for them. 3. Having a pre-dawn meal is the significant difference between the fasting of Muslims and of other religions because the other followers do not take pre-dawn meal before fasting. 4. The sahur time is the most efficacious time to pray to Allah s.w.t. 5. The pre-dawn meal may consist of little food even just a gulp of water. However, it is not encouraged to take too little or too much food during the pre-dawn meal. It is sufficient to take a moderate amount to aid in performing the fast on the next day because taking too huge or too small a meal will affect one’s health. This shows that the sahur is a sunnah of the Holy Prophets SWT and it is important to wake up for it, it is highly rewarding. 1 Like |
Re: Benefits Of Eating Sahuur ( The Pre-dawn Meal) by good4all: 11:20pm On Jun 17, 2015 |
The Prophet (s.a.w) was reported by Anas to have
said: “eat something for sahur even if it is a date.
For there is in it barakah.” (Al-Bukhari and
Muslim) Isn’t it great that Allah is rewarding us for
eating?
The kindness of Allah cannot be overemphasised
when one ponders on the blessings in the act of
eating sahur during Ramadan. For Almighty Allah
(SWT), it is not enough blessings that HE provides
us with food on our table, but HE further blesses
anyone who wakes up in the first rays of dawn to
eat the same food to commence fasting. This meal
is given a distinctive name- sahur, which is derived
from the word sahar that denotes the part of night
before dawn.
The prophet taught his companions and by
extension, every Muslims that they should begin
their fasting by taking something. It does not
necessarily have to be heavy meal, in fact,
overeating negates the spirit of fasting. It is
advised to wake in the pre-dawn period to
appropriately kick-start fasting by eating sahur
among other things. 2 Likes |
Re: Benefits Of Eating Sahuur ( The Pre-dawn Meal) by good4all: 11:28pm On Jun 17, 2015 |
Eat moderately even as you remember those who
could not afford a meal for that purpose. If you
have more than what you eat moderately, give
another who is seeking for anything for sahur. You
can go the extra mile by asking the closest Muslim
around you.
Some people have asked whether there is need to
wake up for sahur if one has nothing to eat. What
is however appropriate is to wake up, carry out
other activities of the Ramadan night and when it is
time for sahur, get some water to drink. In it, there
is barakah.
It should be noted that there is no sin in not
waking up for sahur if it was done inadvertently.
Again, the inability to take sahur does not vitiate
fast.
Another common argument now is the appropriate
time for sahur. Dear brothers and sisters, sahur is
not breakfast and should not be treated in like
manners. While breakfast is the dawn meal, sahur
is pre-dawn meal. 2 Likes |
Re: Benefits Of Eating Sahuur ( The Pre-dawn Meal) by good4all: 11:33pm On Jun 17, 2015 |
Much as we know that the night is free for eating and drinking, Allah has described the time for the end of sahur as indicated in Quran 2 vs. 187 “…eat and drink until the white thread of dawn appears to you distinct from its black thread.” The prophet also said; “Eat and drink until Ibn Umm Maktum makes his call to prayer. He does not make it until the break of dawn.” (Al-Bukhari) Ibn Umm Maktum was famous with the last call to prayer before Subhi. THE END 2 Likes |
Re: Benefits Of Eating Sahuur ( The Pre-dawn Meal) by Drniyi4u(m): 4:39am On Jun 18, 2015 |
Nice post! Jazakallahu khairan. can't forgo sahur though |
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