What are the mustahabs for the fasting person?
- To get up for sahur, to delay the sahur to the last half of the night.
- To act quickly in breaking the fast and having the iftar.
- To break the fast with dates, water or something sweet.
- To read a dua at the time of the iftar.
- To call a fasting Muslim for iftar.
- To help people who are close to you, the poor during Ramadhan more than you would in other months, to give more sadaqa.
- To refrain from saying empty and unnecessary things.
- To say ‘’I am fasting’’ when faced with a negative situation.
- To read the Qur’an and carry out the muqabala.
- To enter itikaf.
Source: Fiqh1 (According To The Shafi’i School Of Islamic Law), Erkam Publications
