What is the ruling regarding affording food to a fasting person to break their fast?

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Al-Mughni

Book of Fasting

Book 9 · Issue 1 · Bab 1

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It is recommended to feed a fasting person to break their fast. This is established by the saying of the Prophet, peace be upon him, narrated by Zayd ibn Khalid al-Juhani: "Whoever feeds a fasting person to break their fast shall have a reward like his, without diminishing the reward of the fasting person in the slightest." Al-Tirmidhi deemed this hadith as Hasan Sahih (good and authentic).