Do you have to break fast with dates?

Question

Or can you break fast with any food? Salam

Answer 1

You don't have to break it with a date, that's just tradition. You can follow the tradition if you want or not if you don't like dates or don't have access to them.

Answer 2

Its Sunnah to break fast with dates and water. Prophet Muhammad did it. So we shoud but I totally agree with you i hate dates. (hate is a strong word. Sorry.) But they are nasty. My family says it like candy but I totally disagree. I almost threw it up last Ramadan. I dont plan to eat it this year either.

Answer 3

3 dates or walnuts

again its sunnah you don't have to do what he did.. you can do whatever you like the way you want.. but its better for you to follow him.

Don't forget the intention and dua... that is more important than any dates

edit ok Pakiiii how about a pork chop can you break it with ANY food? East is so blind!

Answer 4

dates r delicious especially the ones from saudi! but it sunnat to break it w/ dates... so I suggest u should..

Answer 5

thats what i do.

My parent make me eat it . what i do is just eat a lill bitt then hide it underneath the tabl ehwen everyones done i take it throw it in the grbage.

Answer 6

There are many 'tradition' out there that is actually just a tradition, without any reference to the the Quran and Sunnah.

To understand whether we have to break fast with dates or not, consider the following Hadith from Anas, he said,

(Meaning)

"The Prophet break his fast with rutab before going for prayer. If no rutab available, then with tamar, and if no tamar available, then with water."

(Reported by Imam Ahmad and Tirmidzi, Al-Diya al-Maqdisi says this hadith is authentic)

Rutab is dates before it become dry, it is soft and sweet, while tamar is dried dates.

This is the way the Prophet break his fast, and this knowledge has come to us. Surely we can break fast with any other halal foods, but breaking fast with dates will be the best for us.

    

Answer 7

its sunnah to break your fast with a date. you dont have to but an extra good deed wouldnt hurt.

:)

Answer 8

r you kidding, dates are SOOOO Good, i wish i could have one right now but i cant. The appearance can be gross though

Answer 9

Salaam, i didn't break it yet!!

but it is sunnah with dates!!

Answer 10

Its sunnah. You don't have to. But its recommended.

Answer 11

its sunnat to break fast with dates and water

u can break fast with any food -