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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books Fast in the Month of Ramadhan Chapter 22 : Sharing Iftar With Others The Almighty and Praised One has said, "O people-you are the ones who stand in need of Allah, while Allah is the self-Sufficient One, the Praised" (Holy Qur’an, 35:15).

Islam, which has carried the banner of protecting the poor, the indigent, the orphans, ad the wayfarers, has urged the faithful to share the iftar with one another, to visit each other, and to invite others to break their fast with them. Islam, which does not favor an Arab over a non-Arab except on the basis of piety, according to the tradition of His greatest ibn Abdullah (pbuh), has established the fast in order to remind the rich of what the poor have to endure.

The greatest ibn Abdullah (pbuh) has said, "No poor person feels hungry except due to what another rich one is enjoying.

" Islam has informed us of all of this through the Islamic code of ethics, i.e., the Holy Qur’an, and through the revered Sunnah of the Prophet (pbuh) and his progeny (as), about whom the greatest (pbuh) has said, "I am leaving among you the Two Weighty Things: the Book of Allah, and my progeny, that is, my family; you shall never go astray so long as you follow them both." **Chapter 23 : The Early Meal of the Month of Ramadhan (Suhoor) ** The Exalted and Praised One has said in His Glorious Book: "...

and eat and drink till the whiteness of the day becomes distinct from the blackness of the night at dawn, then complete the fast till nighttime" (2:187). He has also said, "Little did they sleep during the night, and they sought their Lord’s forgiveness in the early hours of the morn" (Holy Qur’an, 51:17-18).

And the Almighty has also said, "Those who persevere, and the truthful, and the obedient (to Allah), and those who spend (benevolently), and those who ask forgiveness during the timL of the morn" (Holy Qur’an, 3:17). Suhoor is the meal comprised of food and water taken before daybreak by a Muslim who intends to perform the. obligation of the fast. It helps him while abstaining from eating aid drinking during daytime. This is the suhoor in its absolute meaning.

Its timing has been defined by the Almighty thus: "... and eat and drink till the whiteness of the day becomes distinct from the blackness of the night at dawn" (Holy Qur’an, 2:187). This means that suhoor can be eaten at any time during the night till a short time before daybreak. But what about this "short time" defined before daybreak?