Muwatta 807

Malik transmits from Sumayy, client of Abu Bakr ibn Abd al-Rahman, from Abu Bakr ibn Abd al-Rahman, from one of the Companions of the Prophet ﷺ, that the Messenger of God ordered people during his journey in the year of the conquest to break the fast, and said: strengthen yourselves for your enemy; the Prophet himself fasted. Abu Bakr reports from the man who told him that he saw the Prophet at al-Arj pouring water on his head from thirst or from the heat; then it was said to the Prophet that a group of people had fasted when he fasted. Later he called for a cup, drank, and the people broke their fasts. The editor notes Ibn Abd al-Barr's view (al-Tamhid 22/47) that the hadith is connected and sound, and that it makes no difference whether the Follower names the Companion. ¹

Belongs to the Muwatta, Book of Fasting. Source: the Muwatta. Mentions Muhammad, Abu Bakr ibn Abd al-Rahman ibn al-Harith, Sumayy, client of Abu Bakr, the Conquest of Mecca, al-Arj, Ibn Abd al-Barr. Built on in the chapters on voluntary fasting (sawm tatawwu).