<b>Guidance from the Hadiths:</b><br> 1) They show the merit of serving food to a fasting person at the time of breaking the fast. By virtue of doing so, the angels invoke Allah’s blessings and mercy for the host.<br> 2) It is recommended to supplicate for a person who has entertained fasting people. They demonstrate the supplication to be made by the guest for his host.<br> 3) The Shariah pays attention to etiquette and is careful to reward good-doers so that people will feel motivated to do good. A case in point is the refined etiquette of supplication to be said by a fasting person for the host who provided him with food to break his fast.<br> Note:<br> The Hadith reported by Um ‘Umārah al-Ansāriyyah is inauthentic. Yet there is an authentic Hadith carrying a similar meaning. It was narrated by Ibn Abi Shaybah that ‘Abdullāh ibn ‘Amr said: “When people eat in the house of a fasting person, the angels send blessings upon him.” This statement is regarded as attributed to the Prophet (may Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him), because a Companion would not say such things merely on the basis of his personal opinion. This is emphasized by the Hadith on the supplication to be said by the guest: “May the fasting people break their fast in your house; and may the angels ask forgiveness and mercy for you!”