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Overview
Suhur is what is taken of food and drink at sahar — the last part of the night before dawn, or the last third until daybreak. 1
Ruling
It is a sunna for the faster; Ibn al-Mundhir transmitted consensus that it is recommended: "take suhur, for in suhur is blessing," and "the line between our fasting and the People of the Book's is the sahar meal." It aids the day's fast — "help yourselves with the sahar meal against the day's fast and the siesta against the night's vigil" — and any eating or drinking counts, even a draught of water. 2
People and things also explored
The ruling on one who abandons prayer· Ada' (performance of an obligation within its time)· Adhan (the call to prayer: its ruling, wording, conditions, recommended features and the muezzin)· Bone (adhm): purity, use and retaliation· The adornment of desires and the goods of this world· The people of the bench (ahl al-suffa)· The earth made a place of prayer and purity· Spending in the way of God (infaq)
Sources
- al-Mawsu'a al-Fiqhiyya al-Kuwaitiyya, Noor-Book copy (file named v3) , p.9473
- al-Mawsu'a al-Fiqhiyya al-Kuwaitiyya, Noor-Book copy (file named v3) , p.9474
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islam.museum contributors. “Suhur (pre-dawn meal)”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/practice/suhur/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-23.