559 – Jābir ibn ʿAbd Allāh (may Allah be pleased with him) reported: “The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) set out for Mecca in Ramadan during the Year of the Conquest. He kept the fast until he reached Kurāʿ al-Ghamīm, and the people were likewise fasting. Then he asked for a cup of water, raised it so everyone could see him, and drank. Later he was told that some people had still continued to fast, so he said, ‘Those are the disobedient ones, those are the disobedient ones.’
In another wording: “It was said to him, ‘Fasting has become hard on the people and they are waiting to see what you will do.’ So, after ʿAṣr he asked for a cup of water and drank.” Related by Muslim (1).

Vocabulary of the ḥadith
• ʿĀm al-Fatḥ: The Conquest of Mecca, which occurred in Ramadan of the eighth year AH.
• Kurāʿ: with ḍammah on the kāf and fatḥah on the rāʾ, followed by an alif and ending with a voiced ʿayn. Kurāʿ of a thing is its furthest end. Geographically it can mean a ridge descending from a mountain or lava field; plural: kurʿān.
• al-Ghamīm: with fatḥah on the ghayn, kasrah on the mīm, followed by a quiescent yāʾ and ending with a mīm. Kurāʿ al-Ghamīm is a valley on the road from Mecca to Madinah, about 64 km from Mecca. Locals call it Barqāʾ al-Ghaym; it is the valley of ʿUsfān whose waters flow into the Red Sea north-west of Jeddah.