Suhoorسحور

Suhoor 

سحور 

Ramadan is the holy period for Muslims all around the world, it is the period where they fast from sunrise to sunset, and for many it is a magical yet challenging at times experience where Allah helps them maintain self control and discipline. The Suhoor (pre-dawn meal) is not a condition for fasting; it is Sunnat-e-Moakada. The Prophet Muhammad partook of suhur and encouraged others to do it: "Take suhur, for verily there is a blessing in suhur". Suhoor is a sunnah and to delay it is also a sunnah. This is what will strengthen the fasting Muslim, and would lessen the hardship of fasting. It would also lessen the time period of thirst and hunger. Since Islam is based on easiness and has come with rules that make the acts of worship easy for people, a Muslim is advised to delay the suhur and hasten the iftar (breaking the fast). So it is a sunnah for the fasting Muslim to get up for suhur and have something to eat, even if he or she would take a small edible thing like a date or a sip of water. If he or she does this, he or she would have fulfilled the sunnah of the prophet. About 4 in the morning a group of people with drums remind the people to wake up and eat and drink to prepare your self for fasting. As they roam the streets with their drums there is no chance of you sleeping through that last feast.

Syed Yasir Kazmi.