Those who fasted on a journey and said it is better

Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) was asked about fasting during a journey, and he said: Whoever does not fast has a concession, and if someone fasts, that is better.

Ibn Abi Mulaykah said: I accompanied Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) on a journey, and she did not break her fast until she entered Makkah.

Al-Nadr bin Abdullah al-Qaysi said: Qays bin Abbad used to fast while traveling, and sometimes he did not fast.

Musa, the freed slave of Ibn Amir, said: I asked Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) about fasting while traveling, and he said: "We were with Sayyiduna Abu Musa (may Allah be pleased with him) on a journey; he fasted, so we fasted too."

Ibn al-Aswad said that his father used to fast while traveling.

Ibn Awn said: Muhammad (Ibn Sirin) used to fast while traveling.

Al-Qasim said: I saw Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) fasting while traveling, until the scorching hot wind exhausted her.

Sayyiduna Uthman bin Abi al-As (may Allah be pleased with him) also used to say the same as Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him).

Nafi' said: Whenever Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) went out to al-Ghabah, he would neither give up the fast nor shorten the prayer.

Sayyiduna Uthman bin Abi al-As (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Fasting while traveling is better, and not fasting is a concession.

Kahmas said: Salim was asked, or I asked him, about fasting while traveling, and he said: "If you fast, it suffices for you, and if you do not fast, a concession has been granted to you."

Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) said: Sayyiduna Hamzah al-Aslami (may Allah be pleased with him) asked the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) about fasting during a journey, and he said: "Fast if you wish, and do not fast if you wish."

Al-Awwam said: I asked Mujahid: "Which is better, fasting while traveling or not fasting?" He said: "If you have the strength to fast, then in my view fasting is better."

Ash'ath bin Abi al-Sha'tha said: I accompanied my father Abu al-Sha'tha, Amr bin Maymun, al-Aswad bin Yazid and Abu Wa'il. All of them used to keep the fasts of Ramadan and other fasts while traveling.

The father of Ibrahim al-Taymi said: I was with Sayyiduna Hudhayfah (may Allah be pleased with him) in al-Mada'in. I asked him for permission to go back to my family, and he said: "You have permission on the condition that you neither shorten the prayer nor give up the fast."