(The Person Involved In Trade Breaking The Fast)
Darussalam · Volume 3
14. THE BOOK OF FASTINGSunan Abi Dawud Darussalam English translation
الحديث: 2404 ¦ الجزء: 2 ¦ الصفحة: 316
Source no. 2404 · Volume 1 · Page 2
Sahih
صحيح
Source no. 2080 · Volume 7 · Page 165
Sahih chain
(قلت: إسناده صحيح على شرط البخاري. وقد أخرجه هو ومسلم وابن خزيمة في "صحاحهم")
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2404. It was reported from Tāwūs, from Ibn 'Abbās who said: "The Prophet ﷺ left Al-Madīnah for Makkah. When he reached 'Usfān he asked for a vessel of water, and raised it up to his mouth, to show it to the people. And that was during Ramaḍān." So Ibn 'Abbās used to say: "The Prophet ﷺ fasted and broke his fast. Whoever wishes to fast can do so, and whoever wishes to break his fast can do so." (Ṣaḥīḥ)
2404 - حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَوَانَةَ، عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ، عَنْ مُجَاهِدٍ، عَنْ طَاوُسٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ: «خَرَجَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مِنَ الْمَدِينَةِ إِلَى مَكَّةَ حَتَّى بَلَغَ عُسْفَانَ، ثُمَّ دَعَا بِإِنَاءٍ، فَرَفَعَهُ إِلَى فِيهِ لِيُرِيَهُ النَّاسَ، وَذَلِكَ فِي رَمَضَانَ»، فَكَانَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ، يَقُولُ: «قَدْ صَامَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَأَفْطَرَ، فَمَنْ شَاءَ صَامَ، وَمَنْ شَاءَ أَفْطَرَ»
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This happened while the Prophet ﷺ and his Companions were on their way for the Conquest of Makkah. This Hadīth proves that if a person on journey intends to fast for that day, he can break it at any time for a genuinely valid reason.