Taste the sweetness of obedience in worship

Reference: https://x.com/osaimi0543/status/998241315853914117

يستحب للصائم أن يتسحر على تمر وأن يفطر على تمر ؛ لأن التمر ذو حلاوة ، فيذوق الصائم بين هاتين الحلاوتين حلاوة الطاعة .

— صالح العُصَيمي (@Osaimi0543) May 20, 2018

Shaykh Saalih al-‘Usaymee حفظه الله said:

[In accordance with the Sunnah of the Prophet ﷺ] it is recommended for the one fasting to eat dates at suhoor and iftaar.

Because dates are sweet, between these two sweets [at suhoor and iftaar], the one fasting will taste the sweetness of obedience [in worship, in shaa.-Allaah].

Translation originally published on 29 April, 2020.