QUESTION: Please advise us with regards to suhoor, is this conditional for the fast to be correct or not?
Answer by Sheikh Yussuf Al-Qaradawi:
Suhoor is not a condition for siyaam, it is sunnah. The Prophet (pbuh) partook of suhoor and enjoined others to do it. He said: “Take suhoor. Verily there is a blessing in suhoor.”
Suhoor is a sunnah and to delay it is also a sunnah. This is what will strengthen the fasting Muslim, and would lighten the hardship of siyaarn on him. It would also lessen the time period of thirst and hunger. This religion has come with muyaseraat, things that make the acts of worship easy for people and things that encourage the people to do it. From this, is delaying suhoor and hastening to break the fast. So it is a Sunnah for the fasting Muslim to get up for suhoor and have something to eat, even if only the smallest thing like a date or a drink of water. And if he did, then he would have done this in accordance with the Sunnah of the Allah's Messenger (pbuh).
