No. 2466

Ibn Abbas (Allaah be pleased with him) reported that the Messenger of Allaah (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) went out during the month of Ramadan in the year of Victory (when Mecca was conquered) and was fasting till he reached Kadid (a canal situated at a distance of forty-two miles from Mecca) and he then broke the fast. And it was the habit of the Companions of the Messenger of Allaah (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) to follow him in every new thing (or act). So they followed him also (in this matter).

No. 2467

This hadith is narrated on the authority of Zuhri with the same chain of transmitters. Yahya (one of the narrators) said that Sufyan (the narrator) had stated: I do not know whose statement it is:" It is the last word of the Messenger of Allaah (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) which is accepted as (final as it abrogates the previous ones)."

No. 2468

It has been narrated on the authority of Zuhri with the same chain of transmitters that breaking of fast (in a journey) is the final of the two commands (whether one may fast or one may break it), and it is the last command of the Messenger of Allaah (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) which is to be accepted as final. Zuhri said: The Messenger of Allaah (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) marched on Mecca on the morning of 14th of Ramadan (lit. when thirteen nights had passed).

No. 2469

A hadlth like this has been transmitted on the authority of Ibn Shibab who said that they (the Compnions of the Prophet) followed the latest of his commands and looked upon it as one abrogating (the previous ones) and the most firm.

No. 2470

Ibn 'Abbas (Allaah be pleased with him) reported that the Messenger of Allaah (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) journeyed during the month of Ramadan in a slate of fasting till he reached 'Usfan. He then ordered a cup containing drinking water and he drank that openly so that the people might see it, and broke the fast (and did not resume it) till he reached Mecca. Ibn 'Abbas (Allaah be pleased with him) said: Allaah's Messenger (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) fasted and broke the fast, so he who wished fasted and he who wished to break it broke it.

No. 2471

Ibn Abbas (Allaah be pleased with him) reported: Do not condemn one who observes fast, or one who does not observe (in a journey). for the Messenger of Allaah (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) observed fast in a journey or he did not observe it (too).

No. 2472

Jabir b. 'Abdullah (Allaah be pleased with both of them) reported that Allaah's Messenger (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) went out to Mecca in Ramadan in the year of Victory, and he and the people fasted till he came to Kura' al-Ghamim and the people also fasted. He then called for a cup of water which he raised till the people saw it, and then he drank. He was told afterwards that some people had continued to fast, and he said: These people are the disobedient ones; these are the disobedient ones.

No. 2473

This hadith has been narrated by Ja'far with the some chain of trans- mitters and he added: It was said to him (to the Prophet): There are people to whom fasting has become unbearable and they are waiting how you do. He (the Prophet) then called for a cup of water when it was afternoon. The rest of the hadith is the same.

No. 2474

Jabir b. 'Abdullah (Allaah be pleased with both of them) reported that in the course of a journey Allaah's Messenger (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) saw a man, people crowding around him and providing him a shade. Upon this he (the Prophet) said: What is the matter with him? They said: He is a person observing fast. Whereupon the Messenger of Allaah (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) said: It is no righteousness that you fast on journey.

No. 2475

'Amr b. al-Hasan is reported to have said that he heard Jabir b. 'Abdullah (Allaah be pleased with both of them) as saying that the Messenger of Allaah (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) saw a man. The rest of the hadith is the same as mentioned above.

No. 2476

This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Shu'ba with the same chain of transmitters but with this addition that he (the Prophet) said:" Take advantage of the concession of Allaah Who Wanted it to you." When he (one of the narrators) asked him (the other one, Yabya b. Abi Kathar) he did not retain it in his mind.

No. 2477

Abu Sa'id al-Khudri (Allaah be pleased with him) reported: We went out on an expedition with Allaah's Messenger (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) on the 16th of Ramadan. Some of us fasted and some of us broke the fast. But neither the observer of the fast found fault with one who broke it, nor the breaker of the fast found fault with one who observed it.

No. 2478

A hadith like this has been narrated on the authority of Qatada with the same chain of transmitters by different narrators (except this difference) that in the hadith transmitted by Taimi and Umar b. Amir and Hisham (the date of setting out is) 18th, and in the hadith transmitted by Sa'id it is the 12th, and in the one transmitted by Shu'ba it is the 17th or 19th.

No. 2479

Abu Sa'id al-Khudri (Allaah be pleased with him) reported: We went out on an expedition with the Messenger of Allaah (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) during Ramadan and neither the observer of the fast was found fault with for his fasting, nor the breaker of the fast for breaking it.

No. 2480

Abu Sa'id al-Khudri (Allaah be pleased with him) reported: We went out on an expedition with the Messenger of Allaah (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) during Ramadan. Some of us observed the fast and some of us broke it. Neither the observer of the fast had any grudge against one who broke it, nor the breaker of the fast had any grudge against one who had fasted They knew that he who had strength enough (to bear its rigour) fasted and that was good, and they also found that he who felt weakness (and could not bear the burden) broke it, and that was also good.

No. 2481

Abu Nadra reported Abu Sa'id al. Khudri and Jabir b. Abdullah as saying: We travelled with the Messenger of Allaah (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam). The observer of the fast observed it, and the breaker of the fast broke it, but none of them found fault with each other.

No. 2482

Humaid reported that Anas (Allaah be pleased with him) was asked about fasting during Ramadan while travelling. He said: We travelled with the MesseDger of Allaah (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) during the month of Ramadan, but neither the ob- server of the fast found fault with the breaker of the fast, nor the breaker of the fast found fault with the observer of the fast.

No. 2483

Abu Khalid al-Ahmar narrated from Humaid who said: I went out and was fasting; they said to me: Break (lit go back, repeat). He said that Anas reported that the Companions of the Messenger of Allaah (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) used to set out on a journey and neither the observer of the fast found fault with the breaker of the fast, nor the breaker of the fast found fault with the observer of the fast. (One of the narrators Humaid said): I met Ibn Abi Mulaika who informed me the same thing on the authority of 'A'isha.