Chapter on Merit of the Pre-Dawn Meal (Suhur) and What It Is Recommended That the Breaking of the Fast Be upon

Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām|Volume 4|Book 2|Chapter 12
Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām

Volume 4, Book 2, Chapter 12

Chapter on Merit of the Pre-Dawn Meal (Suhur) and What It Is Recommended That the Breaking of the Fast Be upon

وَ عَنْهُ عَنْ بَعْضِ أَصْحَابِنَا رَفَعَهُ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ قَالَ:» لَوْ أَنَّ اَلنَّاسَ تَسَحَّرُوا وَ لَمْ يُفْطِرُوا عَلَى مَاءٍ مَا قَدَرُوا وَ اَللَّهِ أَنْ يَصُومُوا اَلدَّهْرَ«.
And from him, from some of our companions, raising it, from Abu Abdillah عليه السلام, peace be upon him: Imam عليه السلام said: “If the people were to take the pre-dawn meal (al-suhur) and not break their fast upon water, by Allah سبحانه وتعالى, they would not be able to fast perpetually.”
  • Ali Akbar al-Ghaffari
    Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām fī Sharḥ al-Muqniʿah, vol. 4, p. 264
  • Shaykh Baqir al-Behbudi
    Ṣaḥīḥ al-Tahdhīb