Jami' at-Tirmidhi — Hadith #26872

Qutaibah told us, Ibn Lahi’ah told us, on the authority of Yazid bin Abi Habib, on the authority of Muammar bin Abi Hayya, on the authority of Ibn al-Musayyab, that he asked him Concerning fasting, while traveling, it happened that Omar ibn al-Khattab said: We made two raids with the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, in Ramadan, on the day of Badr. And Al-Fath, so we broke our fast in them. He said, and on the authority of Abu Sa’id. Abu Issa said, “The hadith of Umar, we do not know of it except through this narration.” It was narrated on the authority of Abu Sa’id, on the authority of the Prophet, may God’s prayers and peace be upon him, that he was ordered to break the fast during a battle he waged. It was narrated on the authority of Omar Ibn Al-Khattab something like This is because it is permitted to break the fast when meeting the enemy, and this is what some scholars say.