Reference: Fataawa Ramadhaan v1 p187 no.126
Fataawa as-Siyaam libni Jibreen p15
Question: Which food items are preferred for the fasting person to break his fast with?
Response: The most preferred to break the fast with are fresh dates and if they are unavailable, then dry dates and if they are [also] unavailable, then with water. And the evidence for this is the hadeeth of 'Aa.ishah who said:
"The Prophet ﷺ used to break his fast with fresh dates and if they were unavailable, then with dry dates. If they were unavailable then he used to take water" [transmitted by Abu Daawood no.2356; graded hasan saheeh by al-Albaanee].
However, if none of these are available to him, then it is permissible for him [to break his fast] with any permissible food items. And [still] if nothing is available to him then he should simply make the intention to break the fast.
