Salama bin Akwa' reported: We, during the lifetime of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) , in one month of Ramadan (observed fast according to our liking). He who wished to fast lasted and he who wished to break broke it and fed a needy person as an expiation (1544) till this verse was revealed: "He who witnesses among you the month (of Ramadan) he should observe fast during it" (ii. 184).