Chapter on the Words and Supplication at the Time of Breaking the Fast (Iftar)

And from him, from al-Husayn ibn Muhammad, from Ahmad ibn Ishaq, from Sa’adan, from Abu Basir, from Abu Abdillah عليه السلام, peace be upon him, who said: Imam عليه السلام said: “You say on every night of the month of Ramadan at the time of breaking the fast, until its end: ‘Praise belongs to Allah سبحانه وتعالى, who helped us, so we fasted, and provided for us, so we broke our fast. O Allah سبحانه وتعالى, accept from us, help us in it, keep us safe in it, and receive it from us with ease from You سبحانه وتعالى and well-being. And praise belongs to Allah سبحانه وتعالى, who has completed for us a day from the month of Ramadan.” (Alhamdu lillahi alladhi a‘anana fa-sumna, wa razaqana fa-aftarna. Allahumma taqabbal minna, wa a‘inna ‘alayhi, wa sallimna fihi, wa tasallamhu minna fi yusrin minka wa ‘afiyah. Walhamdu lillahi alladhi qada ‘anna yawman min shahri Ramadan)

Ali ibn al-Hasan, from Muhammad ibn al-Hasan ibn Abi al-Jahm, from Abdullah ibn Maymun al-Qaddah, from Abu Abdillah Imam Ja’far عليه السلام from his father, Imam al-Baqir عليه السلام, peace be upon them both, who said: Imam عليه السلام said: “Qanbar, the freed slave of Imam Ali عليه السلام, peace be upon him, came to Imam عليه السلام with his food for breaking the fast.” Imam عليه السلام said: “So he (Qanbar) came with a sack in which there was sawiq (porridge-like dish), upon which there was a seal. A man then said to Imam Ali عليه السلام: “O Commander of the Faithful عليه السلام, this is indeed miserliness, that you seal your food.’” Imam Ali عليه السلام, peace be upon him, laughed. Then Imam Ali عليه السلام said: “Is it other than that? I do not like anything to enter my stomach except something whose path I know.” Then Imam Ali عليه السلام broke the seal, took out some sawiq from it, placed some of it in a cup, and gave it to him (the man). Imam Ali عليه السلام took the cup, and when he wanted to drink, he said: ‘In the name of Allah سبحانه وتعالى. O Allah سبحانه وتعالى, for You سبحانه وتعالى we have fasted, and upon Your سبحانه وتعالى provision we have broken our fast, so accept from us. Indeed, You سبحانه وتعالى are the All-Hearing, the All-Knowing.’” (Bismillah. Allahumma laka sumna, wa ‘ala rizqika aftarna, fa-taqabbal minna. Innaka anta al-sami‘u al-‘alim)