Should the dua for iftaar be read before or after breaking the fast?

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السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته

I would like to enquire as to when the duas for iftaar shoud be read-ie. Before partaking of the kajoor and zam zam or after eating something.

Jazakillah

Shibly bin Mizan · Accepted Answer

In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.

As-salamu ‘laykum wa-rahmatullahi wa-barakatuh.

Hereunder are the duas to be read before iftaar and after iftaar :

Dua to be read before breaking the fast:

Transliteration: Bismillahi wa barakatillah

Meaning: In the name of Allah , with the blessing of Allah

Duas to be read after breaking the fast:

Transliteration: Zahabadh-dhama'u wabtallatil-'urooqu, wa thabatal-ajru inshaa-Allaahu.

Meaning: The thirst has gone and the veins are quenched, and reward is confirmed, if Allaah wills.

Transliteration: Allahumma inni laka sumtu wa bika aamantu [wa 'alayka tawakkaltu] wa ‘ala rizq-ika aftarthu

Meaning: O Allah! I Fasted for you and I believe in you and I break my fast with your sustenance.

Duas to be read before or after breaking the fast :

Transliteration: Allahumma innee as'aluka bi-rahmatikal-latee wasi'ath kulla shai'in an taghfira lee.

Meaning: O Allaah, I ask You by Your mercy which envelops all things, that You forgive me 4.

And Allah Ta’ala Knows Best

Shibly bin Mizan

Student Darul Iftaa

Toronto,Canada

Checked and Approved by,

Mufti Ebrahim Desai.

(2019-05-29)

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