What is the importance of suhoor meal in Islam?

Suhoor is the meal eaten before imsak at night by people who are going to fast. The Prophet Muhammad (saw) would wake up for suhoor and advise it to the ummah (Bukhari, Sawm, 19, 20).

The Prophet Muhammad (saw) expressed that there is a “blessing (barakah)” in suhoor meal (Bukhari, Sawm, 20) and stated that suhoor is one of the most important differences between the fasting of Muslims and of the People of the Book (Muslim, Siyam, 46). Based on his hadiths and practices about suhoor, Muslim jurists said that waking up for suhoor and having the suhoor meal as late as possible is sunnah (Kasani, Bada’i, II, 105).

Scholars state that suhoor gives one strength for fasting and causes one to attain blessings both materially and spiritually. Because when people wake up for suhoor, they would be awake at the time of fajr and attain the virtues of people of heaven by praying and asking for forgiveness at this time (Dhariyat, 51/18). By this way, one begins to fast as livelier and more spirited with these spiritual joys. Possessing such blessings both morally and materially, suhoor should not be ignored.

Source: Presidency Of Religious Affairs The Turkey, High Board of Religious Affairs FATWAS

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