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It is
makrūh
to delay the
iftār
after being certain that the sun has set. If however it is a
cloudy day, it will be permissible to delay the iftār for a few minutes,
in fact as a precaution it should be delayed for at least 3 minutes.
It is better to make
iftār
with dates although there is no harm in making iftār
with anything else.
It is
sunnah
to recite the following
du'ā
at the time of
iftār:
اَللّهُمَّ لَكَ صُمْتُ وَعَلى رِزْقِكَ أَفْطَرْتُ
“Allāhumma
laka sumtu wa ‘alā rizqika aftar tu”
"Oh Allāh! I have observed the fast for
Your sake, and I have opened my fast with sustenance provided by You."
And the following
du'ā
should be recited after iftār:
ذَهَبَ الظَّمَأُ، وَابْتَلَّتِ الْعُرُوقُ ، وَثَبَتَ الأَجْرُ
إنشاءَ الله
Zhahaba
zhama u wab tallatil ‘urūqu wa thabatal ajru insha Allāh”
"The thirst has vanished, the veins have been moistened and the reward has been
established –If Allāh Ta’ala wills-."
One should try and engage in Duā
at the time of Iftār
as du’ās are
accepted by Allāh Ta’ala
at that time.
(Al-Targhīb,
vol.2 pg.89)
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