When its iftar- do you pray or break your fast first?

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Answer 1

you should break your fast with a date or so but never a full meal... meaning when its time to iftar.. eat a date and then pray and then have the full meal.. the prophet SAW.. you shouldnever make it a habbit to put the iftar before praying

Answer 2

iftar is when salat maghrib occurs at ur location..... i munch down first unfortunetly

Answer 3

Salam for you my dear friend After you finished hearing and azzan of maghrib you must make a du'a for Muhammad pbuh and then make a du'a to Allah by thanking(alhamdulillah) to Allah that you have accomplished well your own obligation for fasting and you will start for breaking your fast by subsistence (rezeki) given by Allah.After that you can break your fast by eating dates and drinking fresh water or milk or other delicacies..After that you can start to pray for maghrib.

Marhaban ya ramadan.

Answer 4

Well U have to OPen Up ur Fast and then Pray ! Or if U are really Into praying First Eat a date then Pray come back and Finish up Rest of the Meal !

Answer 5

well u have to pray Maghrib namaz, then break ur fast

Answer 6

I break my fast first with a date and a glass of milk. And then I rinse my mouth out and go pray.

Answer 7

of course i break my fast 1st , this is a sunnah..

always love and peace..

Answer 8

You've gotta break your fast as soon as you hear the adhan. What I do is a break my fast with a date, go and pray, then have my futoor. :)

I get lazy after eating and don't feel like praying so I just do it before. Doesn't really matter if you hold your hunger for a few more minutes, does it?

Answer 9

I eat a bit then Pray and then come back

this year InshaAllah i am going to do Wudu just b4 the time of breaking fast, eat/drink very small ammount of food pray and then come back and have some more food.

:)

Answer 10

Break my fast with a date and some water  and den go pray, den come back to eating again. LOl

Answer 11

You have to break your fast first and then pray

I have a date and some water, then  pray and then I have my meal

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What do you mean Shia can decide...?

Answer 12

Well at our Mosque in Ramadan............first we pray magrib...........then we break our fast..........then we pray isha prayers.