And from him, from Yaqub ibn Yazid, from Muhammad ibn Abi Umayr, from Hafs ibn al-Bakhtari, from Abu Abdillah عليه السلام, peace be upon him:
Imam عليه السلام said: “The best of your pre-dawn (al-suhur) meals is al-sawiq and dates.”
Ali Akbar al-Ghaffari
Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām fī Sharḥ al-Muqniʿah, vol. 4, p. 262