ANSWER:

It is an issue of dispute among scholars. Some say that it is sufficient to give him whatever breaks his fast even if it was a sip of water and this is the opinion of Sheikh Ibn othaimeen and others.

Other scholars said that it has to be a full meal that would nurture a person and give him strength to worship Allah and this is the opinion of Ibn Taimiyah. 

QUESTION: I learned that to get the reward of someone’s fasting u have to give him a proper meal,not just a date/a glass of water.is it true?

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QUESTION: I sometimes have a thought maybe when i wear a mask or sniff a cloth or when in sujud ,that maybe I inhaled dust when fasting but I ignore it cause is something that can’t be avoided and even if it was there will feel it , I want to know I what I am doing is right .