Eating the pre-dawn meal after midnight and delaying it

Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, if a fasting person eats the pre-dawn meal, for example, after midnight, and when the time for the pre-dawn meal comes before the dawn prayer, he eats a date or drinks water, what is your opinion on this action?

Answer:
This is permissible, even if he did not eat the pre-dawn meal; if he fasts without a pre-dawn meal, that is permissible and his fast is valid, but he would be leaving the recommended practice (sunnah). The recommended practice is that he eats the pre-dawn meal and delays it until near the dawn. That is the recommended practice. Yes.