Abū Saʿīd al-Khudrī said: “We set out for the expedition of the Conquest of Mecca two nights into the month of Ramadan while we were fasting. When we reached al-Kadīd, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ ordered us to break the fast.”

Al-Zuhrī reported, through ʿUbayd Allāh from Ibn ʿAbbās, that “the Messenger of Allah ﷺ fasted on that march until he reached al-Kadīd; there he broke his fast and the people broke theirs.” This was recorded by al-Bukhārī.

Al-Awzāʿī said: Yahyā ibn Abī Kathīr narrated to us; he said: Abū Salamah told me that “Abū Bakr and ʿUmar entered upon the Messenger of Allah ﷺ at Marr al-Ẓahrān while he was taking his midday meal. He said, ‘Come and eat.’ They replied, ‘We are fasting.’ He then said, ‘See to the needs of your two companions; saddle up for your two companions—no, no.’ ” This report is mursal, and his words are to be understood as implied instruction, meaning: “Say this because you are both fasting.”

Maʿmar said: I heard al-Zuhrī say: ʿUbayd Allāh informed me, from Ibn ʿAbbās, that the Prophet ﷺ left Medina in Ramadan with ten thousand men—eight and a half years after his arrival in the city. He marched with the Muslims toward Mecca, he and they fasting, until they reached al-Kadīd—which lies between ʿUsfān and Qudayd—whereupon he broke the fast and so did the people.

Al-Zuhrī added: “Breaking the fast was the later of the two rulings, and one acts upon whatever was last in the practice of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ.”

He also said: “The Messenger of Allah ﷺ entered Mecca at dawn when thirteen nights had elapsed of …”