{"id":2142,"date":"2015-06-17T15:59:44","date_gmt":"2015-06-17T15:59:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/rs\/en\/the-wisdom-of-as-sahoor-by-bint-mohib\/"},"modified":"2015-06-17T15:59:44","modified_gmt":"2015-06-17T15:59:44","slug":"the-wisdom-of-as-sahoor-by-bint-mohib","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/r-islam.com\/en\/the-wisdom-of-as-sahoor-by-bint-mohib\/","title":{"rendered":"The Wisdom of As-Sahoor By Bint Mohib"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignright size-full wp-image-2141\" style=\"margin: 10px; float: right;\" src=\"http:\/\/localhost\/rs\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/06\/Fanoos.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"460\" height=\"276\" srcset=\"https:\/\/r-islam.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/06\/Fanoos.jpg 460w, https:\/\/r-islam.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/06\/Fanoos-300x180.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 460px) 100vw, 460px\" \/>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed;\"><span style=\"line-height: 115%; color: #666666; font-size: 14pt; background: #f1f4f6;\">Many of us would have heard of the virtues and benefits of fasting as a whole, but very rarely is sahoor singled out as a topic of its own.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><span style=\"line-height: 115%; color: #666666; background: #f1f4f6;\">We all know that sahoor is the \u201cbreakfast\u201d we have before Fajr so that we don\u2019t feel too hungry throughout the fasting day, but what else do we know?<br \/> <\/span><span style=\"line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Segoe UI', sans-serif; color: #666666;\"><br \/> <\/span><strong><span style=\"line-height: 115%; color: #666666; background: #f1f4f6;\">The definition<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"line-height: 115%; color: #666666; background: #f1f4f6;\"><br \/> <\/span><span style=\"line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Segoe UI', sans-serif; color: #666666;\"><br \/> <\/span><strong><span style=\"line-height: 115%; color: #666666; background: #f1f4f6;\">What does sahoor mean?<\/span><\/strong><span class=\"apple-converted-space\"><\/span><span style=\"line-height: 115%; color: #666666; background: #f1f4f6;\"><br \/> <\/span><span style=\"line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Segoe UI', sans-serif; color: #666666;\"><br \/> <\/span><span style=\"line-height: 115%; color: #666666; background: #f1f4f6;\">In Arabic, sahoor is derived from the word sahr, which means \u201cthe later part of the night.\u201d&nbsp;Sahoor is a meal which is taken just before the break of dawn, which is why it is translated as \u201cpredawn meal\u201d.&nbsp;The act of taking sahoor, however, is called suhoor.<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Segoe UI', sans-serif; color: #666666;\"><br \/> <\/span><span style=\"line-height: 115%; color: #666666; background: #f1f4f6;\">Previous ummahs &#8211; been there, done that<br \/> <\/span><span style=\"line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Segoe UI', sans-serif; color: #666666;\"><br \/> <\/span><span style=\"line-height: 115%; color: #666666; background: #f1f4f6;\">As we know from the Qur\u2019an, Islam is just a new and improved, updated version of the original Judaism and Christianity. We are prescribed many of the same things the People of the Book were, including fasting:<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Segoe UI', sans-serif; color: #666666;\"><br \/> <\/span><strong><span style=\"line-height: 115%; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: green; background: #f1f4f6;\">\u201cO you who have believed, prescribed for you is fasting as it was prescribed for those before you,&nbsp;that you may become righteous&#8230;\u201d<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"line-height: 115%; color: #666666; background: #f1f4f6;\">&nbsp;[Al-Baqarah 2: 183]&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Segoe UI', sans-serif; color: #666666;\"><br \/> <\/span><span style=\"line-height: 115%; color: #666666; background: #f1f4f6;\">As the last ummah and the ummah of Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon him, we have been given a lot of ease and laxity in our religion compared to the previous ummahs. This is a special mercy of Allah subhanahu wa ta\u2019aala, because He has lifted the difficulties from us that the people before us used to bear.&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Segoe UI', sans-serif; color: #666666;\"><br \/> <\/span><span style=\"line-height: 115%; color: #666666; background: #f1f4f6;\">One such difficulty was to fasting without suhoor. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><span style=\"line-height: 115%; color: #666666; background: #f1f4f6;\">The Prophet<span class=\"apple-converted-space\">,&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><span style=\"line-height: 115%; color: #666666; background: #f1f4f6;\">peace and blessings be upon him,<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 115%; color: #666666; background: #f1f4f6;\">&nbsp;said:<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Segoe UI', sans-serif; color: #666666;\"><br \/> <\/span><strong><span style=\"line-height: 115%; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: green; background: #f1f4f6;\">\u201cThe thing that differentiates between our fasting and the fasting of the People of the Book is eating suhoor.\u201d<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"line-height: 115%; color: #666666; background: #f1f4f6;\">&nbsp;[Sahih Muslim]&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Segoe UI', sans-serif; color: #666666;\"><\/p>\n<p> <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong><span style=\"line-height: 115%; color: #666666; background: #f1f4f6;\">A fast of 24 hours!<\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Segoe UI', sans-serif; color: #666666;\"><\/p>\n<p> <\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><span style=\"line-height: 115%; color: #666666; background: #f1f4f6;\">Yes! Till the time Allah did not send clear and direct instructions in the Qur\u2019an, the fasting tradition that had earlier been practiced by the People of the Book was still followed by all, even the early Muslims &#8211; which was to fast without suhoor.&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Segoe UI', sans-serif; color: #666666;\"><br \/> <\/span><span style=\"line-height: 115%; color: #666666; background: #f1f4f6;\">They would have to have iftaar immediately after sunset &#8211; but, once they slept, their fast had begun, whether they liked it or not: they would not be allowed to have anything until after the next day\u2019s sunset.<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Segoe UI', sans-serif; color: #666666;\"><\/p>\n<p> <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong><span style=\"line-height: 115%; color: #666666; background: #f1f4f6;\">Historical significance of Suhoor<\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Segoe UI', sans-serif; color: #666666;\"><\/p>\n<p> <\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><span style=\"line-height: 115%; color: #666666; background: #f1f4f6;\">Let\u2019s have a look at a Sahaabah\u2019s story, which brought about Allah\u2019s merciful command, the aayah that changed the face of fasting once and for all!<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Segoe UI', sans-serif; color: #666666;\"><br \/> <\/span><span style=\"line-height: 115%; color: #666666; background: #f1f4f6;\">Abu Ishaq reported that Al-Bara bin Azib said:<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Segoe UI', sans-serif; color: #666666;\"><br \/> <\/span><span style=\"line-height: 115%; color: #666666; background: #f1f4f6;\">&#8220;When the Companions of Allah&#8217;s Messenger observed fast but would sleep before breaking their fast, they would continue fasting until the following night.&nbsp;Qays bin Sirmah Al-Ansari was fasting one day and was working in his land. When the time to break the fast came, he went to his wife and said,&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Segoe UI', sans-serif; color: #666666;\"><br \/> <\/span><span style=\"line-height: 115%; color: #666666; background: #f1f4f6;\">\u2018Do you have food?\u2019&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Segoe UI', sans-serif; color: #666666;\"><br \/> <\/span><span style=\"line-height: 115%; color: #666666; background: #f1f4f6;\">She said, \u2018No. But I could try to get you some.\u2019&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Segoe UI', sans-serif; color: #666666;\"><br \/> <\/span><span style=\"line-height: 115%; color: #666666; background: #f1f4f6;\">His eyes then were overcome by sleep and when his wife came back, she found him asleep.&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Segoe UI', sans-serif; color: #666666;\"><br \/> <\/span><span style=\"line-height: 115%; color: #666666; background: #f1f4f6;\">She said, \u2018Woe unto you! Did you sleep?\u2019&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Segoe UI', sans-serif; color: #666666;\"><br \/> <\/span><span style=\"line-height: 115%; color: #666666; background: #f1f4f6;\">In the middle of the next day, he lost consciousness and mentioned what had happened to the Prophet.&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Segoe UI', sans-serif; color: #666666;\"><br \/> <\/span><span style=\"line-height: 115%; color: #666666; background: #f1f4f6;\">Then, this aayah was revealed:&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Segoe UI', sans-serif; color: #666666;\"><br \/> <\/span><strong><span style=\"line-height: 115%; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: green; background: #f1f4f6;\">\u2018It has been made permissible for you the night preceding fasting to go to your wives [for sexual relations]&#8230;.. And eat and drink until the white thread of dawn becomes distinct to you from the black thread [of night]&#8230;\u2019<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"line-height: 115%; color: #666666; background: #f1f4f6;\">&nbsp;[Al-Baqarah 2: 187]&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Segoe UI', sans-serif; color: #666666;\"><br \/> <\/span><span style=\"line-height: 115%; color: #666666; background: #f1f4f6;\">Consequently, they were very delighted.\u201d<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Segoe UI', sans-serif; color: #666666;\"><br \/> <\/span><span style=\"line-height: 115%; color: #666666; background: #f1f4f6;\">Get one concession, get another free&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Segoe UI', sans-serif; color: #666666;\"><\/p>\n<p> <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><span style=\"line-height: 115%; color: #666666; background: #f1f4f6;\">SubhanAllah! Not only was eating made permissible into the night, but also sexual relations (which, too, had been forbidden previously). It is well-known that satiating one\u2019s hungry stomach, in turn, whets the sexual appetite. Some Sahaabah had become guilty of this, but how understanding is Allah!:<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Segoe UI', sans-serif; color: #666666;\"><br \/> <\/span><span style=\"line-height: 115%; color: #666666; background: #f1f4f6;\">\u2019Ali bin Abu Talhah narrated that Ibn \u2019Abbas said:<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Segoe UI', sans-serif; color: #666666;\"><br \/> <\/span><span style=\"line-height: 115%; color: #666666; background: #f1f4f6;\">\u201cDuring the month of Ramadaan, after Muslims would pray \u2019Ishaa, they would not touch their women and food until the next night. Then, some Muslims, including \u2019Umar bin Al-Khattaab, touched (had sex with) their wives and had some food during Ramadaan after \u2019Ishaa. They complained to Allah&#8217;s Messenger.&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Segoe UI', sans-serif; color: #666666;\"><br \/> <\/span><span style=\"line-height: 115%; color: #666666; background: #f1f4f6;\">Then, Allah sent down:&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Segoe UI', sans-serif; color: #666666;\"><br \/> <\/span><strong><span style=\"line-height: 115%; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: green; background: #f1f4f6;\">\u2018&#8230; Allah knows that you used to deceive yourselves, so He turned to you (accepted your repentance) and forgave you. So now have sexual relations with them&#8230;\u2019\u201d<\/span><\/strong><span class=\"apple-converted-space\"><\/span><span style=\"line-height: 115%; color: #666666; background: #f1f4f6;\">[Al-Baqarah 2: 187]&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Segoe UI', sans-serif; color: #666666;\"><\/p>\n<p> <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><span style=\"line-height: 115%; color: #666666; background: #f1f4f6;\">Virtues of taking sahoor<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Segoe UI', sans-serif; color: #666666;\"><\/p>\n<p> <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong><span style=\"line-height: 115%; color: #666666; background: #f1f4f6;\">First<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"line-height: 115%; color: #666666; background: #f1f4f6;\"> of all, we must appreciate the fact that Allah has specially given us Muslims this rukhsah (concession) &#8211; or else, imagine having to go without food or drink for 24 hours! Our ummah has it so easy compared to the previous ummahs, and yet we are ungrateful!<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Segoe UI', sans-serif; color: #666666;\"><br \/> <\/span><span style=\"line-height: 115%; color: #666666; background: #f1f4f6;\">Many of us have memories of our mothers repeatedly trying to wake us up, urging us to get up to eat so that we don\u2019t go hungry throughout the day &#8211; but, according to the Sunnah, there is more to it than just the threat of going hungry. There is blessing in suhoor:&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Segoe UI', sans-serif; color: #666666;\"><br \/> <\/span><span style=\"line-height: 115%; color: #666666; background: #f1f4f6;\">The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Segoe UI', sans-serif; color: #666666;\"><br \/> <\/span><strong><span style=\"line-height: 115%; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: green; background: #f1f4f6;\">\u201cEat suhoor, for in suhoor there is barakah (blessing).\u201d &nbsp;<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Segoe UI', sans-serif; color: #666666;\"><br \/> <\/span><span style=\"line-height: 115%; color: #666666; background: #f1f4f6;\">[Sahih Bukhaari, Book 15, Hadith no. 146]&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Segoe UI', sans-serif; color: #666666;\"><br \/> <\/span><span style=\"line-height: 115%; color: #666666; background: #f1f4f6;\">The Messenger of Allah<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 115%; color: #666666; background: #f1f4f6;\">(peace and blessings be upon him)&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 115%; color: #666666; background: #f1f4f6;\">said:<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Segoe UI', sans-serif; color: #666666;\"><br \/> <\/span><strong><span style=\"line-height: 115%; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: green; background: #f1f4f6;\">\u201cBlessings are found in three things: the jamaa&#8217;ah (congregation), Ath-thareed (a type of food)&nbsp;<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Segoe UI', sans-serif; color: #666666;\"><br \/> <\/span><span style=\"line-height: 115%; color: #666666; background: #f1f4f6;\">and as-sahoor (the predawn meal).&#8221; &nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Segoe UI', sans-serif; color: #666666;\"><br \/> <\/span><span style=\"line-height: 115%; color: #666666; background: #f1f4f6;\">[Silsilah As-Saheehah, Vol.3, Hadith no.1045]<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Segoe UI', sans-serif; color: #666666;\"><br \/> <\/span><span style=\"line-height: 115%; color: #666666; background: #f1f4f6;\">The Messenger of Allah<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 115%; color: #666666; background: #f1f4f6;\">(peace and blessings be upon him)<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 115%; color: #666666; background: #f1f4f6;\">&nbsp;said:<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Segoe UI', sans-serif; color: #666666;\"><br \/> <\/span><strong><span style=\"line-height: 115%; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: green; background: #f1f4f6;\">\u201cBlessings are in two things: the suhoor, and in just measurement.\u201d<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Segoe UI', sans-serif; color: #666666;\"><br \/> <\/span><span style=\"line-height: 115%; color: #666666; background: #f1f4f6;\">[Silsilah As-Saheehah, Vol.3, Hadith no.1291]&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Segoe UI', sans-serif; color: #666666;\"><\/p>\n<p> <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong><span style=\"line-height: 115%; color: #666666; background: #f1f4f6;\">Having sahoor is highly encouraged<\/span><\/strong><span class=\"apple-converted-space\"><\/span><span style=\"line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Segoe UI', sans-serif; color: #666666;\"><\/p>\n<p> <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><span style=\"line-height: 115%; color: #666666; background: #f1f4f6;\">Many youngsters prefer having a heavy dinner late at night and skipping the suhoor altogether because of laziness in getting up. What they don\u2019t realize is that they\u2019re missing out; missing out on the reward of following the Sunnah, and missing out on Allah\u2019s blessings &#8211; and, of course, an easier fast.<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Segoe UI', sans-serif; color: #666666;\"><br \/> <\/span><span style=\"line-height: 115%; color: #666666; background: #f1f4f6;\">It doesn\u2019t mean you have to wake up a full hour early and have a full meal. Islam is easy. Look at the following hadeeth and imagine Rasoolullah sall Allahu \u2019alayhi wa sallam advising you directly, earnestly:<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Segoe UI', sans-serif; color: #666666;\"><br \/> <\/span><span style=\"line-height: 115%; color: #666666; background: #f1f4f6;\">Allah&#8217;s Messenger<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 115%; color: #666666; background: #f1f4f6;\">(peace and blessings be upon him)&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 115%; color: #666666; background: #f1f4f6;\">said:<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Segoe UI', sans-serif; color: #666666;\"><br \/> <\/span><strong><span style=\"line-height: 115%; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: green; background: #f1f4f6;\">\u201cSahoor is a blessed meal. Hence, do not abandon it, even if one just takes a sip of water. Indeed, Allah and His angels send salaah (blessings) upon those who eat sahoor.\u201d &nbsp;<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Segoe UI', sans-serif; color: #666666;\"><br \/> <\/span><span style=\"line-height: 115%; color: #666666; background: #f1f4f6;\">[Musnad Ahmad, Book 6, Hadith no. 10969]&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Segoe UI', sans-serif; color: #666666;\"><br \/> <\/span><span style=\"line-height: 115%; color: #666666; background: #f1f4f6;\">SubhanAllaah, Allah and His angels specially send blessings upon us, simply for eating? That, my friends, is something should be more worthy to us than winning the lottery.<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Segoe UI', sans-serif; color: #666666;\"><br \/> <\/span><span style=\"line-height: 115%; color: #666666; background: #f1f4f6;\">No harm in getting up at the last moment<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Segoe UI', sans-serif; color: #666666;\"><br \/> <\/span><span style=\"line-height: 115%; color: #666666; background: #f1f4f6;\">Sahoor can be had any time between midnight and the break of dawn, when there is redness in the sky and the adhaan for Fajr is called. According to ahaadeeth, we must stop eating as soon as we hear the adhaan being proclaimed &#8211; but, if there is a bite or a morsel of food or a sip of drink left, one can finish that quickly.<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Segoe UI', sans-serif; color: #666666;\"><br \/> <\/span><span style=\"line-height: 115%; color: #666666; background: #f1f4f6;\">And yet, we are encouraged to eat and drink right till the break of dawn:<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Segoe UI', sans-serif; color: #666666;\"><br \/> <\/span><span style=\"line-height: 115%; color: #666666; background: #f1f4f6;\">Allah&#8217;s Messenger<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 115%; color: #666666; background: #f1f4f6;\">(peace and blessings be upon him<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 115%; color: #666666; background: #f1f4f6;\">) said:<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Segoe UI', sans-serif; color: #666666;\"><br \/> <\/span><strong><span style=\"line-height: 115%; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: green; background: #f1f4f6;\">\u201cMy ummah will always retain goodness as long as they hasten in breaking the fast and delay the suhoor.\u201d<\/span><\/strong><span class=\"apple-converted-space\"><\/span><span style=\"line-height: 115%; color: #666666; background: #f1f4f6;\">[Musnad Ahmad, Book 6, Hadith no. 20530]&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Segoe UI', sans-serif; color: #666666;\"><br \/> <\/span><span style=\"line-height: 115%; color: #666666; background: #f1f4f6;\">Embrace Allah\u2019s grace<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Segoe UI', sans-serif; color: #666666;\"><br \/> <\/span><span style=\"line-height: 115%; color: #666666; background: #f1f4f6;\">So, really suhoor is a ni\u2019mah (blessing) of Allah. A mother\u2019s love and mercy when forcing us to eat before leaving for school or college comes to mind; she does not want us feeling overburdened throughout our working day, and wants us to have full functionality and achieve our optimum best.<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Segoe UI', sans-serif; color: #666666;\"><br \/> <\/span><span style=\"line-height: 115%; color: #666666; background: #f1f4f6;\">Allah\u2019s love is seventy times more; not only does He ensure our ease while worshipping Him, but He also bestows His blessings upon us.<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Segoe UI', sans-serif; color: #666666;\"><br \/> <\/span><span style=\"line-height: 115%; color: #666666; background: #f1f4f6;\">Yes, having sahoor is a form of worship, as following anything that the Prophet<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 115%; color: #666666; background: #f1f4f6;\">(peace and blessings be upon him)<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 115%; color: #666666; background: #f1f4f6;\">&nbsp;encouraged is worship. It is a rukhsah (leave) that the people before us could not enjoy &#8211; embrace it, and be thankful, and anticipate Allah\u2019s promised blessings.<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Segoe UI', sans-serif; color: #666666;\"><\/p>\n<p> <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong><span style=\"line-height: 115%; color: #666666; background: #f1f4f6;\">Actions are rewarded according to intentions<\/span><\/strong><span class=\"apple-converted-space\"><\/span><span style=\"line-height: 115%; color: #666666; background: #f1f4f6;\"><br \/> <\/span><span style=\"line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Segoe UI', sans-serif; color: #666666;\"><br \/> <\/span><span style=\"line-height: 115%; color: #666666; background: #f1f4f6;\">Let\u2019s make a new intention for this Ramadaan. Let\u2019s make an intention to have sahoor solely to seek the blessings of Allah subhaanahu wa ta\u2019aala, rather than only due to the fear of starving. 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