Is waking up for suhoor mandatory? Understanding the Islamic Ruling
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According to the majority of Islamic scholars, eating the pre-dawn meal of suhoor is a blessed and highly recommended Sunnah, not a mandatory obligation. This answers the common question: Is waking up for suhoor mandatory? The validity of one's fast is not affected if the meal is missed, as long as the intention to fast was made beforehand.
