It is also reported that he would say when breaking his fast: “Thirst has gone, the veins are moistened, and the reward is assured, if Allah wills.” Abū Dāwūd recorded this (1) through al-Husayn ibn Wāqid, from Marwān ibn Sālim al-Muqaffa‘, from Ibn ‘Umar.
It is reported that he said: “The fasting person has a supplication at the time of breaking his fast that is not rejected.” Ibn Mājah narrated this (2).
It is authentically reported that he said: “When night approaches from this direction and day retreats from that direction, the fasting person has broken his fast” (3). This has been interpreted to mean that his fast has ended in legal terms even if he has not intended to end it. It has also been interpreted to mean that the time for him to break his fast has begun, just as one speaks of entering the morning or the evening.
(1) No. 3357. Also narrated by al-Nasā’ī in al-Kubrā (3315), Ibn al-Sunnī (478), al-Dāraqutnī (2279), and al-Tabarānī (14097) from Ibn ‘Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both). Al-Dāraqutnī, Ibn Hajar, and al-Albānī graded the hadith sound, while al-Hākim (1/422) graded it authentic. See Sahīh Abī Dāwūd—al-Umm (7/124), al-Irwā’ (4/39), and al-Futūhāt al-rabbāniyya by Ibn ‘Allān (4/339).
(2) No. 1753. Its chain includes Ishāq ibn ‘Ubayd Allāh, who may be Ibn Abī al-Muhājir or Ibn Abī Mulayka. Ibn Hibbān listed both in al-Thiqāt. He appears to be the latter, as al-Mizzī and al-Dhahabī firmly identified him. Al-Albānī graded the hadith weak. See Tahdhīb al-kamāl (2/456), Tārīkh al-Islām (4/306), al-Futūhāt al-rabbāniyya (4/342), and al-Irwā’ (4/41).
(3) Narrated by al-Bukhārī (1954) and Muslim (1100) from ‘Umar (may Allah be pleased with him). It appeared earlier (p. 44), with the additional words “and the sun has set” before “the fasting person has broken his fast.”