the Messenger of Allah ﷺ while he was fasting. When the sun had set he said to one of the people, “So-and-so, dismount and mix the drink for us.” The man replied, “O Messenger of Allah, would you not wait until evening?” He said, “Dismount and mix the drink for us.” The man said, “But there is still daylight upon you!” He said, “Dismount and mix the drink for us.” So the man dismounted, prepared the drink, and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ drank. He then said, “When you see that night has advanced from this side, the fasting person has broken his fast,” and he gestured with his hand toward the east. Agreed upon.

His word “ajdah” (with the letters jīm, dāl, and ḥāʾ, all undotted) means: mix the sūwīq (barley-flour) with water.

1246 – Salmān ibn ʿĀmir al-Ḍabbī, the Companion (may Allah be pleased with him), reported that the Prophet ﷺ said: “When one of you breaks his fast, let him do so with dates; if he does not find any, then with water, for it is purifying.” Narrated by Abū Dāwūd and al-Tirmidhī, who graded it a sound, authentic hadith.⦗1⦘

1247 – Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ would break the fast before praying with fresh dates; if none were available, then with dry dates; and if none were available, he would take a few sips of water. Narrated by Abū Dāwūd and al-Tirmidhī, who said: “A sound hadith.”⦗2⦘

223 – Chapter: Instructing the fasting person to guard his tongue and limbs from offences, quarrelling, and the like

1248 – Abū Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) reported that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “When any of you is observing a fast, let him neither engage in obscene speech nor raise his voice; if someone insults him or tries to fight him, let him simply say, ‘I am fasting.’” Agreed upon.