⦗141⦘ Likewise, Aḥmad (1/232) reports—through the isnād of Ṭāwūs from Ibn ʿAbbās—that he said:

“No blame falls upon the one who keeps the fast, nor upon the one who breaks it, for the Messenger of Allah ﷺ fasted while travelling and he also broke the fast.”

Al-Bukhārī (3/146), Muslim, and others likewise transmit it via ʿUbaydullāh ibn ʿUtbah from Ibn ʿAbbās:

“When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ set out for Mecca during Ramadan, he fasted until he reached al-Kudayd; then he broke his fast, and so the people broke theirs.”

Al-Kudayd—with a fatḥah on the kāf—is a well-known locality situated between ʿUsfān and Qudayd. Between al-Kudayd and Mecca are two stages, and between it and Medina several days’ journey, as stated in Fatḥ al-Bārī (3/147).

Another narration in al-Bukhārī (3/151) and Muslim (3/141), through Mujāhid from Ṭāwūs from Ibn ʿAbbās, reads:

“The Messenger of Allah ﷺ departed from Medina for Mecca and fasted until he reached ʿUsfān. He then asked for water, raised it in his hand so that the people could see, and broke his fast until he arrived in Mecca. That occurred in Ramadan. Ibn ʿAbbās used to say: ‘The Messenger of Allah ﷺ both fasted and broke the fast while travelling; so whoever wishes may fast and whoever wishes may break the fast.’”

Ibn Jarīr likewise cites it in his Exegesis (3/468/2883) from al-ʿAwām ibn Ḥawshab, who said:

“I asked Mujāhid about fasting on a journey. He replied, ‘The Messenger of Allah ﷺ would fast on a journey and he would also break the fast.’ I asked, ‘Which of the two do you prefer?’ He answered, ‘It is only a concession, yet fasting in Ramadan is more beloved to me.’”

Its chain is mursal yet sound.

3 – As for the ḥadith of Anas, it is narrated from him by Ziyād an-Namīrī, who said: “Anas ibn Mālik told me: ‘The Messenger of Allah ﷺ encountered Ramadan while on a journey and he fasted, and he likewise encountered Ramadan while on a journey…’”