Recommended time to consume dates
1.When Ifthaar
2.When dawn (sahur)
Not only when breaking the fast, the messeger of Allah also encourages Muslims to dawn (sahur) with
dates. From Abu Hurairah, the
Prophet s.a.w. said,
“The best food for sahur for a Muslim is a date”
(Hadith narrated Abu Daud no 1998).
3. Morning
Father of ‘Amir bin Sa’d bin Abu Waqqash has told us that The Prophet s.a.w. said, “whoever eats 7 items of Ajwah dates in the
morning, then he/she will avoid poison and magic on that day”
(Hadith narrated by Bukhari no. 5334 and 5025 and by Abu Daud no.
3378).
4. noon
It has been told to us from Ummul Mukminin ‘Aisyah (r.a) that “The messenger of Allah (s.a.w.) came to my house and asked, “Do you
have lunch?”. I replied, “No”. Then he said, “I will fast”
Further, She (‘Aisyah r.a.) said, “one day The Prophet s.a.w. came to me again,
then I told him, “we get a gift of food”. He asked, “what is that?”. I replied, “Hais (ie dates mixed with Samin and ‘Aqith)”.
He said,
“Actually, this morning, I intended to fast”. Then He ate it. Abu ‘Isa said, “This is hadith of Hasan” (Hadith narrated by Tirmidzi no. 666).