Having the pre-dawn meal when fasting

23-8-2006 | IslamWeb

Question:

Assalamu Alaikum. I just want to know whether it is obligatory to eat a predawn meal before fasting a non-obligatory fast?What about the Ramazan Fasts? Thank you.
Answer:

All perfect praise be to Allaah, The Lord of the Worlds. I testify that there is none worthy of worship except Allaah, and that Muhammad is His slave and Messenger. We ask Allaah to exalt his mention as well as that of his family and all his companions.

Having the pre-dawn meal is a confirmed recommended act and not an obligation, whether the fast is optional or obligatory, and whether this is during Ramadan or else. If a person fasts without having the pre-dawn meal, his fasting is correct and acceptable but he deprives himself form much good.

Imaam Ibn Al-Munthir may Allaah have mercy upon him reported that there is a consensus among the scholars may Allaah have mercy upon them that having the pre-dawn meal is only desirable.

For more benefit on desirable acts when fasting, please refer to Fatwa 86920.

Allaah Knows best.

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