13. The Book of Fasting

١٣۔ كتاب الصيام

13.15 It is permissible to fast or not to fast during Ramadan for one who is travelling for no sinful purpose, if his journey is two stages or further. But it is better for the one who is able to fast without suffering any harm to do so, and the one for whom it is difficult may break the fast

١٣۔١٥ باب جواز الصوم والفطر في شهر رمضان للمسافر في غير معصية إذا كان سفره مرحلتين فأكثر وأن الأفضل لمن أطاقه بلا ضرر أن يصوم ولمن يشق عليه أن يفطر

(680) bukhari:1944ʿAbdullāh b. Yūsuf > Mālik > Ibn Shihāb > ʿUbaydullāh b. ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUtbah > Ibn ʿAbbās

Messenger of Allah ﷺ set out for Mecca in Ramadan and he fasted, and when he reached Al-Kadid, he broke his fast and the people (with him) broke their fast too. (Abu ʿAbdullah said, "Al-Kadid is a land covered with water between Usfan and Qudaid.")  

(٦٨٠) البخاري:١٩٤٤حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ يُوسُفَ أَخْبَرَنَا مَالِكٌ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُتْبَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ ؓ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ خَرَجَ إِلَى مَكَّةَ فِي رَمَضَانَ فَصَامَ حَتَّى بَلَغَ الْكَدِيدَ أَفْطَرَ فَأَفْطَرَ النَّاسُ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ وَالْكَدِيدُ مَاءٌ بَيْنَ عُسْفَانَ وَقُدَيْدٍ  

(681) bukhari:1946Ādam > Shuʿbah > Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman al-Anṣārī > Muḥammad b. ʿAmr b. al-Ḥasan b. ʿAlī > Jābir b. ʿAbdullāh

Messenger of Allah ﷺ was on a journey and saw a crowd of people, and a man was being shaded (by them). He asked, "What is the matter?" They said, "He (the man) is fasting." The Prophet ﷺ said, "It is not righteousness that you fast on a journey."  

(٦٨١) البخاري:١٩٤٦حَدَّثَنَا آدَمُ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ الأَنْصَارِيُّ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ مُحَمَّدَ بْنَ عَمْرِو بْنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ؓ قَالَ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فِي سَفَرٍ فَرَأَى زِحَامًا وَرَجُلاً قَدْ ظُلِّلَ عَلَيْهِ فَقَالَ مَا هَذَا فَقَالُوا صَائِمٌ فَقَالَ لَيْسَ مِنَ الْبِرِّ الصَّوْمُ فِي السَّفَرِ  

(682) bukhari:1947ʿAbdullāh b. Maslamah > Mālik > Ḥumayd al-Ṭawīl > Anas b. Mālik

We used to travel with the Prophet ﷺ and neither did the fasting persons criticize those who were not fasting, nor did those who were not fasting criticize the fasting ones.  

(٦٨٢) البخاري:١٩٤٧حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مَسْلَمَةَ عَنْ مَالِكٍ عَنْ حُمَيْدٍ الطَّوِيلِ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ قَالَ

كُنَّا نُسَافِرُ مَعَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَلَمْ يَعِبِ الصَّائِمُ عَلَى الْمُفْطِرِ وَلاَ الْمُفْطِرُ عَلَى الصَّائِمِ