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Ramadhan in a state of fasting until he reached Usfan. He then ordered a cup containing drinking water and he drank that openly so that people might see it, and broke the fast [and did not resume it] till he reached Mecca. Ibn Abbas said. Allah's Messenger sa fasted and broke the fast so he who wished, fasted, and he who wished to break it, broke it. 1250. Hadhrat Muhammadsa did this because unlike Abdul Hafeez, he had a full understanding of the injunctions in relation to fasting in the month of Ramadhan and God Almighty's statement to the effect: 'Allah desires ease for you, and He desires not hardship for you. 1251. Hence, when during the course of a journey, his companions found themselves unable to bear the hardship of the fast they were observing and: 'It was said to him: There are people to whom fasting has become unbearable and they are waiting how you do. He then called for a cup of water when it was afternoon. which he raised till the people saw it, and then he drank it. 1252. Hence, the breaking of the fast is perfectly permissible under certain conditions even when one starts the day by fasting. . Hadhrat Muhammadsa is known to have done this himself as evident from the aforementioned Hadeeth and he is also known to have ordered others to do so, as for instance, he ordered his wife Hadhrat Juwairiya bint Haritha to break her fast. 253 Had. Abdul Hafeez been a learned man, he would have certainly come across these recorded facts of Islamic history and consequently not attempted to exploit this issue to the detriment of Hadhrat Ahmadas. 250. Ibid. , 419. 2470 252. Sahih Muslim 419. 2472/73 251. Al Quran 2. 186 253. Sahih Bukhari 31. 64 182