Jami` at-Tirmidhi 658

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Qutaybah told us: Sufyan ibn Uyaynah told us, from Asim al-Ahwal, from Hafsah bint Sirin, from al-Rabab, from her uncle Salman ibn Amir, attributing it to the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, who said: ‘When one of you breaks the fast, let him break it with dates, for they are a blessing. If he cannot find dates, then with water, for it is purifying.’ He also said: ‘Charity given to a poor person is charity, and charity given to a relative counts as two things: charity and maintaining family ties.’ Related reports are narrated from Zaynab, the wife of Abdullah ibn Masud, Jabir, and Abu Hurayrah. Abu Isa said: The hadith of Salman ibn Amir is hasan. Al-Rabab was Umm al-Raih, daughter of Sulay. Sufyan al-Thawri narrated a similar report from Asim, from Hafsah bint Sirin, from al-Rabab, from Salman ibn Amir, from the Prophet. Shubah narrated it from Asim, from Hafsah bint Sirin, from Salman ibn Amir, omitting al-Rabab. The reports of Sufyan al-Thawri and Ibn Uyaynah are sounder. Ibn Awn and Hisham ibn Hassan also narrated it from Hafsah bint Sirin, from al-Rabab, from Salman ibn Amir.