Al-Husayn ibn Sa'id, from his brother al-Hasan, from Zur'ah, from Sama'ah, who said: I (narrator) asked Imam عليه السلام about ‘the pre-dawn meal (suhur) for one who intends to fast.’ Imam عليه السلام said: “As for the month of Ramadan, the merit is in the pre-dawn meal, so let him do it, even with a drink of water. As for voluntary fasting, whoever likes to take the pre-dawn meal, let him do it, and whoever does not do it, there is no harm.”