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Is there a specific supplication for the pre-dawn meal (suhoor), or is the intention sufficient?

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There are special supplications that a fasting person recites when breaking their fast, such as: "Thirst has gone, the veins are moistened, and the reward is confirmed, if Allah wills," and "O Allah, for You I have fasted, and with Your provision I have broken my fast." The time of breaking the fast is a time when supplications are answered. As for the suhoor (pre-dawn meal), there is no specific supplication for it. What is prescribed is to say "Bismillah" at its beginning and "Alhamdulillah" at its end. If the suhoor is delayed until the last third of the night, then it coincides with the time of the Divine Descent, which is a time when supplications are answered. The intention is in the heart, and it is not legislated to utter it verbally.

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