Preferable Deeds For One Who is Fasting

Pre dawn meal (suhoor)

Narrated Anas bin Maalik (R ):
The Prophet (PBUH) said: “Take suhoor as there is blessing in it” (Bukhari and Muslim)


Delaying suhoor

Zaid bin Thabit(R ) said; “We tool the suhoor with the Prophet (PBUH) then he stood for the prayer.”
I asked; “What was the interval between the suhoor and adhan?”
He replied; "the interval was sufficient to recite fifty verses of the Qura’an.” (Bukhari and Muslim)

Narrated Abu Dhar (R ): The Prophet (PBUH) said, the people will remain on the right path as long as they delay the suhoor and hasten in breaking of the fast (Ahmad)

Hastening to break the fast

Narrated Sahl bin Saad ( R ) “
Allah apostle (PBUH) said: “The people will remain on the right path as long as they hasten the breaking of the fast” (Agreed upon – Bukhari and Muslim)

What to break fast with?

Break fast with ripe dates but if cannot find that then dried dates and if he can’t get then he breaks fast with water.
This is from the hadeeth of Anas ( R ) who said, “ The prophet (PBUH) used to break fast with ripe dates and if these were no tavailable then dried dates and if it was also not available he used to drink water after which he prayed.” (Abu Daud, alhaakim eho recorded it as saheeh (authentic) and tirmidhi)

Supplication at the time of breaking fast (and while fasting)

This comes from the hadeeth of ibn Umar(R ) who said, “The prophet (PBUH) at the time of breaking fast would say; “dhahab adhdhmao wab tallatil orooqo wa thabatal ajru in sha Allah” ( The thirst has gone, the glands are wet and Allah willing, the reward is confirmed)
(Abu Daud, alhaakim and Baihaqi)

If Someone fights him or abuses him

Abu Huraira (R ) that the Prophet (PBUH) said; “ … So the person observing fast should avoid sexual relations with his wife and should not behave foolishly or impudently, and if somebody fights with him or abuses him, he should say “I am fasting…” ” (Bukhari and Muslim)

Siwaak

It is preferred for the fasting person to use tooth stick or a brush as narrated by ‘Aamir bi Rabee’aah (R ) (Ahmad, Abu Daud and Trimidhi)

Generosity and the Qur’aan

They are recommended at all times but in Ramadan it recommended more strongly.
Narrated ibn Abbas (R ) : “The Prophet (PBUH) was the most generous amongst the people and he used to be more so in the month Ramadan when Jibreel visited him and jibreel used to meet him on every night of Ramadan till the end of the month. "

The Prophet (PBUH) used to recite the Holy Qur’aan to Jibreel, and when Jibreel met him, he used to be more generous than a fast wind (Which causes rain and Welfare)

Striving in worship during the last ten days of Ramadan.

Aisha (R ) reported, “The Messenger of Allah would wake his wives ip during the night and then remain apart from them (i.e) being busy in acts of worship) (bukhari and Muslim)

Feeding the fasting people

Zaid bin Khalid (R ) reported that the Prophet (PBUH) said “he who feeds one who fasting will have a reward equal to him (one who is fasting – saaim) without any reward of the latter (one who is fasting – Saaim) being reduced.” (Tirmidhi)