Ubaid bin Jubair says: I boarded a boat with Sayyiduna Abu Basrah Ghifari (may Allah be pleased with him) from Fustat to Alexandria. When we departed from our port, he asked for the dining mat to be brought, so it was placed near him. Then he invited me to eat; this incident took place in Ramadan. I said: Abu Basrah! By Allah, our houses have not yet disappeared from our sight? Upon hearing this, he said: Do you turn away from the Sunnah of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)? I said: No, I do not. He said: Then eat. After that, we did not fast until we reached our destination.

(Second chain) He says: I boarded a boat with Abu Basrah; he was going to Alexandria, … .

Mansur Kalbi says: Sayyiduna Dihyah bin Khalifah (may Allah be pleased with him) set out from his village during the month of Ramadan to go to the outskirts of the Aqabah village. He also abandoned fasting, and some of the people with him did the same, while some did not like to abandon the fast. When he returned to his village, he said: By Allah! Today I have seen something that I never expected to see: people have turned away from the practice of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and his companions. In fact, he said this about those people who had kept the fast. Then he began to pray: O Allah! Take me up to Yourself.