❖ Question:
If three people collectively arrange ifṭār for a fasting person, but he eats from only one person’s food, will all three receive the reward?
Source: Fatāwā Amunpuri by Shaykh Ghulam Mustafa Zaheer Amunpuri
✿ Answer:
Yes, all three will receive the reward.
❀ Ḥadīth Evidence:
Sayyidunā Zayd bin Khālid al-Juhanī رضي الله عنه reported that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said:
مَنْ فَطَّرَ صَائِمًا كَانَ لَهُ مِثْلُ أَجْرِهِ غَيْرَ أَنَّهُ لَا يَنْقُصُ مِنْ أَجْرِ الصَّائِمِ شَيْءٌ
"Whoever provides ifṭār for a fasting person will have a reward equal to his, without that detracting from the fasting person’s reward in the least."
(Sunan al-Tirmidhī: 807 – sanad ṣaḥīḥ)
Conclusion:① Even if the fasting person eats from only one of them, all those who contributed to arranging the ifṭār will receive the reward.
② The fasting person’s reward remains intact.
③ Allah’s bounty is vast; sharing in goodness does not diminish the reward of others.
