Sayyiduna Salman bin Amir (may Allah be pleased with him) said that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "When one of you is fasting, let him break his fast with dates; if he does not find dates, then with water, for water is indeed pure."
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الصيام / 8128
Sayyiduna Salman bin Amir (may Allah be pleased with him) said that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "When one of you is fasting, let him break his fast with dates; if he does not find dates, then with water, for it is indeed purifying."
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الصيام / 8129
Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) said that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever finds dates, let him break his fast with them, and whoever does not, let him break his fast with water, for it is indeed pure."
Al-Bukhari said, as Abu Isa (al-Tirmidhi) reported from him: The hadith of Sa'id bin Amir is a mistake (wahm) in which Sa'id erred; the correct one is the hadith of Asim from Hafsah bint Sirin.
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الصيام / 8130
Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) said that he (peace and blessings be upon him) used to break his fast with fresh dates before praying; if there were none, then with dried dates; and if there were none of those either, he would take a few handfuls of water.
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الصيام / 8131
Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) said that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) would not pray Maghrib until he had broken his fast, even if only with a sip of water.
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الصيام / 8132