The Messenger of Allah ﷺ set out for Mecca during the year of the Conquest in Ramadan. He fasted until he reached Kura al-Ghamim, and the people fasted along with him. Then he called for a cup of water and raised it high so the people could see him, and he drank it.Afterwards he was told, "Some of the people have continued to fast."He said, "Those are the disobedient ones, those are the disobedient ones."Wazad added in another narration, "The fast had become difficult for the people, and they were watching to see what you would do." So he called for a cup of water after the afternoon prayer.
أن رسول الله ﷺ خرج عام الفتح إلى مكة في رمضان، فصام حتى بلغ كراع الغميم، فصام الناس، ثم دعا بقدح من ماء، فرفعه، حتى نظر الناس إليه، ثم شرب، فقيل له بعد ذلك: إن بعض الناس قد صام؟ فقال: أولئك العصاة، أولئك العصاة. وزاد في رواية: إن الناس قد شق عليهم الصيام، وإنما ينظرون فيما فعلت، فدعا بقدح من ماء بعد العصر.
Muslim (1114) narrated it via Jafar, from his father, from Jabir, and mentioned it. Jafar is Ibn Muhammad bin Ali bin Husayn bin Ali bin Abu Talib.Regarding his saying, "Those are the disobedient ones, those are the disobedient ones," Ibn Hibban said in his Sahih (8/318), "He only applied this term to them because they abandoned what he had commanded them to do, which was breaking the fast, not because they became disobedient by fasting while traveling."Shafii said, "The meaning of his saying, 'Those are the disobedient ones,' applies when a person's heart cannot bear to accept Allah's concession. But as for one who considers breaking the fast permissible yet fasts and is strong enough to do so, that is more admirable to me." Tirmidhi mentioned this (710).