Suhur - wikipedia Suhur An example of a Jordanian suhoor table Suhūr or Suhoor ( Arabic : سحور ‎ saḥūr, lit. `` of the dawn '', `` pre-dawn meal '' ; is an Islamic term referring to the meal consumed early in the morning by Muslims before fasting, sawm, before dawn during or outside the Islamic month of Ramadan. It is usually done around 4 : 00 AM. The meal is eaten before fajr prayer. Also, Fajr Prayer can be prayed after Suhoor. Suhur is matched to iftar as the evening meal, during Ramadan, replacing the traditional three meals a day ( breakfast, lunch and dinner ), although in some places dinner is also consumed after Iftar later during the night. Being the last meal eaten by Muslims before fasting from dawn to sunset during the month of Ramadan, sahur is regarded by Islamic traditions as a benefit of the blessings in that it allows the person fasting to avoid the crankiness or the weakness caused by the fast. According to a hadith in Sahih al - Bukhari, Anas ibn Malik narrated, `` The Prophet said, ' take suhoor as there is a blessing in it. ' '' Contents 1 Name variations 2 Mesaharati 3 References 4 External links Name variations Region / country Language Main Arab World Arabic dialects سحور ( Saḥūr ) Yorubaland Yoruba Sãrì Iran, Tajikistan Persian, Tajik سحری ( Sahari, Sehri ) Afghanistan Dari Pashawi, Pashawe Kazakhstan Kazakh Сәресі Pashtunistan Pashto پیشلمي ( Peshlamai ), چربنگي ( Cherbange / Chilbange ), پیشمني ( Peshmanai ) Kurdistan Kurdish پارشێو ( Parshew ) Punjab Punjabi ਸਰਗੀ, سرگی ( Sargi ) South Asia Bengali, Hindi, Urdu সেহরী ( Sehri ), سحری ( Sehri ), सहरी ( Sahri ) Sylhet Sylheti ফতা ( Fota ), ফতাবেলা, ফতাবালা ( Fotabala, Fothabala ) Chittagong Chittagonian ফুয়াইত্তা ( Foaitta ) Azerbaijan Azeri Sahur Albania, Kosovo Albanian Syfyri Greater Somalia Somali Suxuur Malay Peninsula, Turkey Indonesian, Javanese, Turkish, Malay Sahur Hausaland Hausa Sahuri Uzbekistan Uzbek Sahar East Africa Kiswahili Daku China Chinese 封 齋飯 ( Fēng zhāifàn ) Russia Chechen, Russian, Bashkir Сәхәр, Cyxyp Mesaharati The mesaharati ( public waker ) is a public waker for sahur and dawn prayer during Ramadan. According to the history books, Bilal Ibn Rabah was the first mesaharati in Islamic history, as he used to roam the streets and roads throughout the night to wake people up. The occupation is summed up by Abu Rabah, a mesaharati in his neighbourhood in the old city of Damascus : `` My duty during the holy month of Ramadhan is to wake people up in the old city of Damascus for prayers and Sahur meal. '' According to Abbas Qatish, who is considered Sidon 's best mesaharati, the attributes every mesaharati should possess are physical fitness and good health, `` because he is required to walk long distances every day. He should also have a loud voice and good lungs, as well as an ability to read poems. A mesaharati should supplicate God throughout the night to wake the sleepers. '' The tradition is practiced in countries such as Egypt, Syria, Sudan, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Pakistan and Palestine. However, there has been a gradual disappearance of the mesaharati due to several factors, including : Muslims staying up later ; using technology such as alarms clocks to awake for sahur ; and louder and larger homes and cities that make the voice of the mesaharati harder to hear. References Jump up ^ BBC - Schools - Religion - Islam, retrieved 11 April 2010 Jump up ^ BBC - Schools - Religion - Islam, retrieved 11 April 2010 Jump up ^ Bukhari : Book 3 : Vol. 31 : Hadith 146 ( Fasting ). Jump up ^ Bellew, H.C. ( 2003 ). A Dictionary of the Pukkhto Or Pukshto Language. Jump up ^ `` Pictures : Celebrating Ramadan Around the World ''. National Geographic Society. July 19, 2014. Retrieved 10 August 2014. Jump up ^ Linda Wong. Sentence essentials : a grammar guide. Houghton Mifflin, 2002. p. 100. ISBN 9780618154821. Jump up ^ Angelo Colorni. Israel for Beginners : A Field Guide for Encountering the Israelis in Their Natural Habitat. Gefen Publishing House Ltd, 2011. p. 84. ISBN 9789652294838. Jump up ^ Jamāl Ghīṭānī ; Farouk Abdel Wahab ( translator ). The Zafarani Files. American Univ in Cairo Press, 2009. p. 333. ISBN 9789774161902. Jump up ^ Rima Al - Mukhtar ( 10 August 2011 ). `` Ramadan Mesaharati ''. Arab News. Retrieved 10 August 2014. Jump up ^ HUMMAM SHEIKH ALI ( August 19, 2011 ). `` Charm of Ramadhan in Damascus ''. Xinhua. Brunei Times Sdn Bhd. Archived from the original on 12 August 2014. Retrieved 10 August 2014. Jump up ^ Vivian Haddad ( 23 Jul 2014 ). `` The Mesaharati, Still Part of Sidon 's Ramadan Tradition ''. Asharq Al Awsat. Retrieved 10 August 2014. Jump up ^ Rima Al - Mukhtar ( 10 August 2011 ). `` Ramadan Mesaharati ''. Arab News. Retrieved 10 August 2014. External links Dua for Sahur Iftar and Suhoor ( in French ) Status and jurisprudence of Sahur on at-tawhid.net Importance of Suhour Meal Breakfast topics By type Brunch Champagne breakfast Elevenses Frühschoppen Full breakfast Instant breakfast Israeli breakfast Midnight breakfast Pancake breakfast Second breakfast Suhur Wedding breakfast Yum cha By topic History of breakfast Oslo breakfast School breakfast club List articles List of breakfast beverages List of breakfast cereals List of breakfast foods Index of breakfast - related articles Commons WikiProject Breakfast Ramadan Background Ramadan ( calendar month ) Fasting during Ramadan Zakat al - Fitr Fidyah and Kaffara Meals Suhur ( before sunrise ) Iftar ( after sunset ) Prayers and observances Tarawih Iʿtikāf Laylat al - Qadr Jumu'atul - Wida Laylat al - Jaiza Eid al - Fitr Ramadan culture Date ( fruit ) Chaand Raat Fanous Fast - a-Thon Gargee'an Mheibes Ramadan tent Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Suhur&oldid=852222813 '' Categories : Breakfasts Sawm Ramadan Religious food and drink Islamic terminology Hidden categories : Articles containing Arabic - language text Articles with French - language external links Talk Contents About Wikipedia Azərbaycanca বাংলা Башҡортса Deutsch Español فارسی Français Gaeilge Bahasa Indonesia Basa Jawa Kiswahili Bahasa Melayu Polski Русский Shqip Simple English سنڌي Basa Sunda தமிழ் Türkçe اردو 中文 14 more Edit links This page was last edited on 27 July 2018, at 12 : 47 ( UTC ). 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Question: what is the morning meal during ramadan called
Answer: Suhūr or Suhoor