then he mounted.

Muhammad ibn Ismaʿil narrated to us; Saʿid ibn Abi Maryam narrated to us; Muhammad ibn Jaʿfar narrated to us; Zayd ibn Aslam related to me; Muhammad ibn al-Munkadir related to me, from Muhammad ibn Kaʿb, who said: “I came to Anas ibn Malik during Ramadan,” and he reported something similar.

Abu ʿIsa said: “This is a sound (hasan) hadith. Muhammad ibn Jaʿfar is the son of Abu Kathir, a trustworthy Medinan, and the brother of Ismaʿil ibn Jaʿfar. As for ʿAbd Allah ibn Jaʿfar, he is the son of Abu Najih, the father of ʿAli ibn al-Madini, and Yahya ibn Maʿin judged him weak. Some scholars have adopted the purport of this hadith and said: A traveler is allowed to break his fast while still at home before setting out, but he may not shorten the prayer until he has passed beyond the walls of the city or village. This is also the view of Ishaq.”

However, al-Tirmidhi’s grading of the report as hasan is unacceptable, for two hadith masters—one from the early generations and one from the later—have declared the narration weak: