as is stated in certain wordings of the report.
The nuanced view adopted by Ahmad and some of the early generations—which Ibn al-Qayyim considered the most equitable of all—is substantiated by what al-Bukhari records (1827) from the hadith of Abu Saʿid: “Do not fast continuously, and if any of you insists on doing so, let him continue only until the pre-dawn meal (saḥar).”