Are those who bring food to mosques—especially in the Sacred Mosque of Medina—with the intention of feeding fasting people, rewarded, despite their causing food waste and extravagance, and can this be avoided by obliging them to pay or to bring someone to look after the food so that it is not wasted, and is the purpose of feeding a fasting person to satiate them or to break their fast with a date or the like?
Feeding those who are fasting is one of the best deeds. The one who performs it attains forgiveness for their sins and liberation from the Hellfire, and receives a reward equivalent to that of the fasting person. This reward is given to whoever provides a fasting person with an meal, even if it is just a sip of milk, a date, or a drink of water. And whoever satisfies a fasting person, Allah will quench their thirst from the Prophet's Basin with a drink after which they will never feel thirsty again. What is offered must be the very first thing the fasting person consumes for it to be considered an iftar. Those who provide food in mosques should avoid extravagance and ensure the cleanliness of the mosque is maintained.
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