The Superiority of Hastening to Break the Fast, and the supplication to say upon Breaking it

Abu Atiyyah (May Allah be pleased with him) reported:
Masruq and I visited 'Aishah (May Allah be pleased with her) and said: "O Mother of the Believers! There are two Companions of Muhammad ﷺ and neither of them holds back from doing good acts; but one of them hastens to break Saum (fasting) and hastens to perform the Maghrib prayer, while the other delays breaking Saum and delays performing Salat (prayer)." She asked, "Who is the one who hastens to break Saum and perform the Maghrib prayer?" Masruq said, "It is 'Abdullah (meaning 'Abdullah bin Mas'ud)." She said, "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to do so."

[Muslim].

وعن أبي عطية قال: دخلت أنا ومسروق على عائشة رضي الله عنها فقال لها مسروق: رجلان من أصحاب محمد ﷺ كلاهما لا يألو عن الخير: أحدهما يعجل المغرب والإفطار، والآخر يؤخر المغرب والإفطار؟ فقالت: من يعجل المغرب والإفطار؟ قال: عبد الله - يعني ابن مسعود- فقالت: هكذا كان رسول الله ﷺ يصنع" ((رواه مسلم)).

Abu Hurairah (May Allah be pleased with him) reported:
The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Allah the Most High says: 'From amongst my slaves, the quicker the one is in breaking the Saum (fasting), the dearer is he to me."'

[At-Tirmidhi].

وعن أبي هريرة رضي الله عنه قال: قال رسول الله ﷺ قال الله عز وجل: "أحب عبادي إلي أعجلهم فطرًا" ((رواه الترمذي وقال حديث حسن)).

'Umar bin Al-Khattab (May Allah be pleased with him) reported:
The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "When the night approaches from this side (i.e., the east) and the day retreats from that side (i.e., west) and the sun sets, then it is time for a person observing Saum (fasting) to break his fast."

[Al-Bukhari and Muslim].

وعن عمر بن الخطاب، رضي الله عنه قال: قال رسول الله ﷺ: "إذا أقبل الليل من ههنا وأدبر النهار من ههنا، وغربت الشمس، فقد أفطر الصائم" ((متفق عليه))

Abu Ibrahim 'Abdullah bin Abu Aufa (May Allah be pleased with them) reported:
We were with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ on a journey and he was observing Saum (fasting). When the sun set, he ﷺ said to a person, "Dismount and prepare the ground roasted barley drink for us." Upon this he replied, "O Messenger of Allah, there is daylight still." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Get down and prepare barley drink for us." He said, "But it is still daytime." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ again said to him, "Get down and prepare barely drink for us." So he got down and prepared a barley liquid meal for him. The Prophet ﷺ drank that and then said, "When you perceive the night approaching from that side, a person observing Saum (fasting) should break the fast." And he ﷺ pointed towards the east with his hand.

[Al-Bukhari and Muslim].

وعن أبي إبراهيم عبد الله بن أبي أوفى، رضي الله عنهما قال: سرنا مع رسول الله ﷺ وهو صائم فلما غربت الشمس قال لبعض القوم: "يا فلان انزل فاجدح لنا، فقال: يا رسول الله لو أمسيت؟ قال: "انزل فاجدح لنا" قال: إن عليك نهارًا، قال: "انزل فاجدح لنا" قال: فنزل فجدح لهم فشرب رسول الله ﷺ ثم قال: "إذا رأيتم الليل قد أقبل من ههنا، فقد أفطر الصائم" وأشار بيده قبل المشرق. ((متفق عليه))

Salman bin 'Amir (May Allah be pleased with him) reported:
I heard the Prophet ﷺ saying, "When one of you breaks his Saum (fasting), let him break it on dates; if he does not have any, break his fast with water for it is pure."

[Abu Dawud].

وعن سلمان بن عامر الضبي الصحابي، رضي الله عنه عن النبي ﷺ قال: "إذا أفطر أحدكم، فليفطر على تمر فإن لم يجد فليفطر على ماء فإنه طهور" ((رواه أبو داود، والترمذي وقال: حديث حسن صحيح)).

Anas (May Allah be pleased with him) reported:
The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to break his Saum (fasting) before performing Maghrib prayer with three fresh date-fruits; if there were no fresh date- fruits, he will eat three dry dates; and if there were no dry date- fruits; he would take three draughts of water.

[At- Tirmidhi].

وعن أنس رضي الله عنه قال كان رسول الله ﷺ يفطر قبل أن يصلي على رطبات، فإن لم تكن رطبات فتميرات فإن لم تكن تميرات حسا حسوات من ماء. ((رواه أبو داود والترمذي وقال: حديث حسن)).