مشكوة المصابيح
Mishkat al-Masabih
كتاب الصوم
The Book of Fasting
(الإِفْطَارُ بِالتَّمْرِ وَالْمَاءِ سُنَّةٌ)
(Breaking fast with dates and water is Sunnah)
Hadith Number: 1991
1991 - وعن انس قال: كان النبي - صلى الله عليه وسلم - يفطر قبل ان يصلي على رطبات ، فإن لم يكن رطبات فتميرات، فإن لم تكن تميرات حسا حسوات من ماء. رواه الترمذي وابو داود، وقال الترمذي: هذا حديث حسن غريب.
Anas said that the Prophet used to break his fast before praying with some fresh dates, but if there were no fresh dates he had a few dry dates, and if there were no dry dates he took some mouthfuls* of water. *Mirqat explains this as three mouthfuls, but 'three' does not occur in the text. Tirmidhi and Abu Dawud transmitted it, Tirmidhi saying that this is a hasan gharib tradition.
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