Chapter: The virtue of hastening to break the fast, what to break it with, and what to say afterwards

1233 – Sahl ibn Saʿd (may Allah be pleased with him) reported that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “People will remain upon goodness so long as they hasten to break the fast.” Agreed upon.

1234 – Abū ʿAṭiyyah said: I entered with Masrūq upon ʿĀʾishah (may Allah be pleased with her). Masrūq said to her, “Two men from the Companions of Muhammad ﷺ—both keen to do good—one of them hastens the Maghrib prayer and the breaking of the fast, while the other delays the Maghrib prayer and the breaking of the fast.” She asked, “Who is it that hastens the Maghrib prayer and the breaking of the fast?” He replied, “ʿAbd Allāh,” meaning Ibn Masʿūd. She said, “That is how the Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to do.” Related by Muslim.

His phrase “lā yaʾlū” means “he does not fall short in doing good.”

1235 – Abū Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “Allah, the Exalted, said: ‘The most beloved of My servants to Me are those who are quickest to break the fast.’” Reported by al-Tirmidhī, who graded it ḥasan.

1236 – ʿUmar ibn al-Khaṭṭāb (may Allah be pleased with him) reported that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “When the night has advanced from this side, and the day has retreated from that side, and the sun has set, the fasting person has indeed broken his fast.” Agreed upon.