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Dua for Breaking the Fast

The fasting person has, at the breaking of the fast, a supplication that is not turned back: 'Three whose supplication is not rejected: the fasting person until he breaks his fast, the just ruler, and the one who is wronged' (at-Tirmidhi).

There is a practical point many get the wrong way round: the answered moment is BEFORE breaking the fast, while still fasting — the last minutes before the Maghrib adhan, not after eating. Spend those minutes supplicating rather than waiting on the food.

The supplication established from the Prophet ﷺ after breaking the fast is: 'The thirst has gone, the veins are moistened, and the reward is confirmed, if Allah wills' (Abu Dawud). It is a remembrance said after, not a supplication said before.

As for 'O Allah, for You I have fasted and upon Your provision I have broken my fast' — its hadith is graded weak by the scholars. Keeping to what is established is safer.

After breaking the fast

ذَهَبَ الظَّمَأُ وَابْتَلَّتِ الْعُرُوقُ وَثَبَتَ الْأَجْرُ إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ

Dhahaba az-zama'u wabtallatil-'uruqu wa thabatal-ajru in sha'a Allah.

The thirst has gone, the veins are moistened, and the reward is confirmed, if Allah wills.

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ذهب الظمأ وابتلت العروق وثبت الأجر إن شاء الله

Source: Abu Dawud 2357 Hasan

And in the minutes before the adhan, still fasting

رَبَّنَا آتِنَا فِي الدُّنْيَا حَسَنَةً وَفِي الْآخِرَةِ حَسَنَةً وَقِنَا عَذَابَ النَّارِ

Rabbana atina fid-dunya hasanatan wa fil-akhirati hasanatan wa qina 'adhaban-nar.

Our Lord, give us good in this world and good in the Hereafter, and protect us from the punishment of the Fire.

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ربنا آتنا في الدنيا حسنة وفي الآخرة حسنة وقنا عذاب النار

Source: al-Baqarah 201 Qur'an

The right order

Two companions keeping each other to prayer

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Common questions

When is the fasting person's dua answered?

Before breaking the fast, while still fasting — so use the last minutes before Maghrib rather than only waiting for food.

Is 'Allahumma laka sumtu' authentic?

Its hadith is graded weak. Keeping to the established wording is safer.