FIQH OF FASTING

IS THERE A DU'AA' MENTIONED IN HADEETH TO READ AT THE TIME OF IFTAAR?
•► YES.

WHEN SHOULD WE RECITE THE DU'AA'?
•► RECITE BEFORE OR RECITE AFTERWARDS.

CAN WE READ OTHER DU'AA' BEFORE OR AFTER IFTAAR?
•► YES.

IS THERE ANY HADEETH WHICH SAYS THAT DU'AAS OF FASTING PERSON ARE ACCEPTED?
•► YES.
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Evidences :

Umar RA said: The Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) used to say when breaking his fast:

“DHAHABA AL-ZAMA’ WA ABTALAT AL-‘UROOQ WA THABATA AL-AJR IN SHA ALLAAH. (Thirst is gone, the veins are moistened and the reward is certain if Allaah wills).”

[Narrated by Abu Dawood, 2357; al-Daaraqutni, 25. Ibn Hajar said in al-Talkhees al-Habeer (2/202): al-Daaraqutni said, its isnaad is saheeh.] •► This is the authentic du'a for Iftar!

Some people recite this dua which is weak:
“ALLAAHUMMA LAKA SUMTU WA ‘ALA RIZQIKA AFTARTU (O Allaah, for You have I fasted and by Your provision I have broken my fast)”

[It was narrated by Abu Dawood, 2358, Irwa Ghaleel 4/37 and Silsilah Daeefa 6996. It is a mursal hadeeth so it is da’eef (weak) . Al-Albaani classed it as da’eef (weak).] •► This du'a can't be recited since it's come under the weak hadith!

It was narrated in a saheeh report that our Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said:

“There are three prayers that are not rejected: the prayer of a father for his child, the prayer of the FASTING PERSON and the prayer of the traveller.”

[Narrated by al-Bayhaqi; Saheeh al-Jaami’, 2032; al-Saheehah, 1797.]
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Explanation :

Ibn Uthaymeen rahimahullaah said :

“Du’aa’ should be made before iftaar (breaking the fast), at Maghrib, because this combines weakness and humility, and because he is still fasting. All of these are means of having one’s du’aa’ answered. After breaking the fast, one is relaxed and happy, and may become negligent. But there is a hadeeth from the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) which, if it is saheeh, shows that the du’aa’ may be made after breaking the fast. It said: THIRST HAS GONE, THE VEINS ARE MOIST, AND THE REWARD IS ASSURED, IF ALLAAH WILLS.”

-- Shaykh Muhammad ibn ‘Uthaymeen (Al-Liqaa Al-Shahri, 8)

The scholars of Alifta said :

Du'aa' can be made before or after Iftar because the preposition "at" refers to BOTH times.

-- Fatwa# 20791, Question# 1