Ahmad’s wording (1) is: “I boarded a boat with Abū Basrah from al-Fustāt to Alexandria. When we cast off (2) from its mooring, he ordered his meal to be brought, and it was set before him. He then invited me to eat; this was during Ramadan. I said, ‘Abū Basrah, by Allah, our homes have not yet disappeared from view!’ He replied, ‘Do you turn away from the sunnah of the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him?’ I said, ‘No.’ He said, ‘Then eat.’ We continued without fasting until we arrived.”

Muhammad ibn Kaʿb said: “I visited Anas ibn Mālik during Ramadan when he was preparing to travel. His mount had been saddled, and he had put on his travelling clothes. He called for food and ate. I asked him, ‘Is this sunnah?’ He replied, ‘It is sunnah.’ Then he mounted” (3). Al-Tirmidhī said: “It is a good hadith.” Al-Dāraqutnī’s version states: “He ate when sunset was approaching.”

These reports explicitly indicate that someone who sets out on a journey during a day in Ramadan may break his fast that day.

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Dawn would find him, peace and blessings be upon him, in a state of major ritual impurity following intercourse with his wife, and he would perform the ritual bath after dawn