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Suhur, Sahur, or Suhoor (UK: /səˈhɜːr/;[1] Arabic: سحور, romanized: suḥūr, lit. 'of the dawn', 'pre-dawn meal'), also called Sahari, Sahri, or Sehri (Persian: سحری) is the meal consumed early in the morning by Muslims before fasting (sawm), before dawn during or outside the Islamic month of Ramadan.[2] The meal is eaten before fajr prayer.[3] Suhur corresponds to iftar, the evening meal during Ramadan, replacing the traditional three meals a day (breakfast, lunch, and dinner),[3] although in some places dinner is also consumed after iftar later during the night.
Being the last meal eaten by Muslims before fasting from dawn to sunset during the month of Ramadan, suhur is regarded by Islamic traditions as a benefit of the blessings in that it allows the person fasting to avoid the crankiness or the weakness caused by the fast. According to a hadith in Sahih al-Bukhari, Anas ibn Malik narrated, "The Prophet said, 'take suhur as there is a blessing in it.'"[4]
- ^ "Suhur". Collins English Dictionary. HarperCollins. Retrieved May 15, 2019.
- ^ "Kashmir | History, People, & Conflict". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 2021-05-08.
- ^ a b BBC - Schools - Religion - Islam, retrieved 11 April 2010
- ^ Bukhari: Book 3: Vol. 31: Hadith 146 (Fasting).