Dua for Breaking Fast
There are number of Duas which may be recited at the time of breaking / opening the fast. Traditionally, the fast is broken with a date or water if dates are unavailable.
Dua for Breaking Fast 1
It is related from the Sunans of Abu Dawud and an-Nasa’i from Ibn Umar I who related that when the Messenger of Allah ﷺ broke his fast he said:
Reference | Abu Dawud (2357) |
Dua for Breaking Fast 2
And It is related from the Sunan of Abu Dawud from Mu’adh ibn Zahrah, who reported that he had been informed that when the Prophet ﷺ broke the fast he said:
Reference | Abu Dawud (2358) |
Dua for Breaking Fast 3
It is related in the book of Ibn as-Sunni from Mu‘ādh ibn Zahrah who narrated that when the Prophet ﷺ broke the fast he said:
Reference | Ibn as-Sunni (480) |
Dua for Breaking Fast 4
It is related in the book of Ibn as-Sunni from Ibn Abbas who related that when the Prophet broke his fast he said:
Reference | Ibn as-Sunnl (481) and al-Futuhat (4/341)- Ibn Hajar states that this hadith is gharib and that its chain is seriously weak. |
Dua for Breaking Fast 5
It is related in the books of Ibn Majah and Ibn as-Sunni from Abdullah ibn Abi Mulaykah, who reported that Abdullah ibn al-As narrated: “I heard the Messenger of Allah say: ‘When a fasting person breaks his fast, he has one dua that is not denied.” Ibn Abi Mulaykah reported that he heard Abdullah ibn Amr ibn al-As say, when he broke his fast:
Reference | Ibn Majah (1753) and Ibn as-Sunni (482) |
Dua for breaking the fast with people
It is related from the Sunan of Abu Dawud as well as others, with Sahih isnads from Anas, who related that the Messenger of Allah came to Sa‘d ibn ‘Ubadah. [The latter] brought some bread and oil, and he ate. Then the Prophet ﷺ said:
Reference | Abu Dawud (854), an-Nasa’i (292), and al-Futuhat (4/343) |