Eating in the morning (Sahoor) before starting the fast during the Ramadan month

 

Nowadays, even the woman folks have the sahoor in the morning at a Mosque

Eat early morning before we start our fasting either in Ramadan or other day, is called suhoor.

1. Hadith : It was narrated that Anas Ibn Maalik (may Allah be pleased with him) said: The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: “Eat suhoor, for in suhoor there is blessing.” Narrated by al-Bukhaari, 1923; Muslim, 1095.
2. It was narrated from Jaabir that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: “Whoever wants to fast, let him eat something for suhoor.” Narrated by Ahmad, 14533; classed as saheeh by al-Albaani in al-Silsilah al-Saheehah, 2309.
3. These blessings include the following:

1 – It gives strength for worship and helps one to obey Allah during the day by praying, reading Qur’aan and remembering Allah (dhikr). One who is hungry may become lazy in worship just as he may become lazy in his daily work, this is something that is well known.

2 – Suhoor wards off the bad attitude that may be provoked by hunger, so the one who eats suhoor will be in a good mood and will interact well with others.

3 – The one who eats suhoor will be encouraged to fast more, because fasting is less difficult for the one who eats suhoor, so he will be encouraged to fast and it will not be so difficult for him.

4 – Eating suhoor is following the Sunnah, so if the person who eats suhoor has the intention of obeying the command of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) and following his example, then his suhoor is an act of worship, so he will be rewarded for it accordingly. If he intends thereby to gain physical strength for fasting and praying qiyaam, he will be rewarded according to that.

5 – The person who eats suhoor gets up at the end of the night to remember Allah, make du’aa’ and pray, for that is when prayers are answered and it is the time when Allah and angels send blessings upon those who eat suhoor, because of the hadeeth of Abu Sa’eed (may Allah be pleased with him) which will be quoted below.

6 – By eating suhoor one differs from the people of the Book. The Muslim is required to avoid imitating them. The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: “The difference between our fasting and the fasting of the people of the Book is eating suhoor.”

7 – Another blessing of suhoor is praying Fajr in congregation, at the proper time. Hence you see that there are more worshippers praying Fajr in Ramadaan than in other months, because they have gotten up for suhoor.