Book 18: Shortening the Prayer
Sahih al-Bukhari
Sahih al-Bukhari 1080
Musa bin Isma'il narrated to us, he said: Abu Awanah told us. He narrated from Asim and Husain, both of them from Ikrimah, Ikrimah from Hazrat Ibn Abbas (ra). He said: The Prophet (saw) stayed nineteen days (in the days of the Conquest of Mecca) and kept shortening the prayer (Qasr). Therefore, if we stay nineteen days on a journey, we shorten, and if it is more than that, we pray the full prayer.
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Sahih al-Bukhari 1081
Abu Ma'mar narrated to us, he said: Abdul Warith narrated to us. He said: Yahya bin Abi Ishaq told us. He said: I heard Hazrat Anas (ra). He used to say: We set out with the Prophet (saw) (on the Farewell Pilgrimage) from Medina to go to Mecca. He kept praying two Rak'ahs at a time until we returned to Medina. I asked: Did you stay for some time in Mecca? He replied: We stayed there for ten days.
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Sahih al-Bukhari 1082
Musaddad narrated to us, he said: Yahya told us. He narrated from Ubaidullah. He said: Nafi informed me. It is narrated from Hazrat Abdullah (bin Umar) (ra) that he said: At Mina I prayed two Rak'ahs with the Prophet (saw), with Hazrat Abu Bakr (ra) and with Hazrat Umar (ra), and with Hazrat Uthman (ra) too, at the beginning of his Khilafat, I prayed only two Rak'ahs. Later Hazrat Uthman (ra) used to pray the full prayer.
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Sahih al-Bukhari 1083
Abul Walid narrated to us, he said: Shu'bah narrated to us. (He said:) Abu Ishaq (Amr bin Abdullah) told us. He said: I heard Harithah bin Wahb. He said: The Prophet (saw), while he was completely in safety, led us in a prayer (Salat) of two Rak'ahs at Mina.
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Sahih al-Bukhari 1084
Qutaibah (bin Sa'id) narrated to us, he said: Abdul Wahid (bin Ziyad) told us that it is narrated from A'mash. He said: Ibrahim (Nakha'i) narrated to us, he said: I heard Abdur Rahman bin Yazid. He used to say: Hazrat Uthman bin Affan (ra) led us in four Rak'ahs at Mina. Hazrat Abdullah bin Mas'ud (ra) was told about it, and he recited Inna lillahi (Surely to Allah we belong), then said: I prayed two Rak'ahs at Mina with the Messenger of Allah (saw), and I prayed two Rak'ahs at Mina with Hazrat Abu Bakr (Siddiq) (ra), and I also prayed two Rak'ahs at Mina with Hazrat Umar bin Khattab (ra). Would that, in place of these four Rak'ahs, two accepted Rak'ahs were granted to me!
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Sahih al-Bukhari 1085
Musa bin Isma'il narrated to us, he said: Wuhaib (bin Khalid) narrated to us. He said: Ayyub (Sakhtiyani) told us. He narrated from Abul Aliyah Bara, Bara from Hazrat Ibn Abbas (ra), that he said: The Prophet (saw) and his Companions (ra) came on the morning of the fourth of Dhul Hijjah, calling out Labbaik for the Hajj, and he commanded them to make (the Hajj) into an Umrah, except for the one who had a sacrificial animal with him. (Like Abul Aliyah,) Ata (bin Abi Rabah) also narrated this from Hazrat Jabir (ra).
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Sahih al-Bukhari 1086
Ishaq bin Ibrahim Hanzali narrated to us, he said: I said to Abu Usamah: Ubaidullah (Umari) told you. He narrated from Nafi, he from Hazrat Ibn Umar (ra), that the Prophet (saw) said: “A woman should not travel for three days without a Mahram relative of hers.”
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Sahih al-Bukhari 1087
تَابَعَهُ أَحْمَدُ عَنِ ابْنِ الْمُبَارَكِ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم.
Musaddad narrated to us, he said: Yahya (bin Sa'id Qattan) told us. It is narrated from Ubaidullah. He narrated from Nafi. He from Hazrat Ibn Umar (ra), Hazrat Ibn Umar (ra) from the Prophet (saw), that he said: “No woman should travel for three days unless a Mahram relative of hers is with her.”
(Like Musaddad,) Ahmad (bin Muhammad Marwazi) narrated the same from (Abdullah) bin Mubarak, he from Ubaidullah (Umari), Ubaidullah from Nafi, Nafi from Hazrat Ibn Umar (ra), Hazrat Ibn Umar (ra) from the Prophet (saw).
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Sahih al-Bukhari 1088
تَابَعَهُ يَحْيَى بْنُ أَبِي كَثِيرٍ وَسُهَيْلٌ وَمَالِكٌ عَنِ الْمَقْبُرِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ـ رضى الله عنه.
Adam narrated to us, he said: Ibn Abi Dhi'b narrated to us. He said: Sa'id Maqburi told us. He narrated from his father, his father from Hazrat Abu Hurairah (ra). He said: The Prophet (saw) said: “It is not permissible for a woman who believes in Allah and the Last Day to travel a distance of one day and night while no Mahram relative of hers is with her.”
(Like Ibn Abi Dhi'b,) Yahya bin Abi Kathir, Suhail and Malik also related this narration from Maqburi, and he from Hazrat Abu Hurairah (ra).
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Sahih al-Bukhari 1089
Abu Nu'aim narrated to us, he said: Sufyan told us. He narrated from Muhammad bin Munkadir and Ibrahim bin Maisarah, both of them from Hazrat Anas (bin Malik) (ra), that he said: With the Prophet (saw) I prayed four Rak'ahs of Zuhr in Medina and two Rak'ahs of Asr at Dhul Hulaifah.
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Sahih al-Bukhari 1090
Abdullah bin Muhammad (Musnadi) narrated to us, he said: Sufyan told us. He narrated from Zuhri, Zuhri from Urwah, Urwah from Hazrat Aishah (ra), that the prayer (Salat) that was first made obligatory was two Rak'ahs. The prayer of the journey was kept as it was, and the prayer when resident was completed (by increasing it). Zuhri said: I asked Urwah: Why did Hazrat Aishah (ra) pray the full prayer on a journey? He replied: She too made the same interpretation that Hazrat Uthman (ra) had made.
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Sahih al-Bukhari 1091
Abul Yaman narrated to us, he said: Shu'aib told us. Shu'aib narrated from Zuhri. Zuhri said: Salim told me. He narrated from Hazrat Abdullah bin Umar (ra). He said: I saw the Messenger of Allah (saw), when he had to travel in haste on a journey, delay the Maghrib prayer (Salat) and pray Maghrib and Isha together. Salim said: Hazrat Abdullah (bin Umar (ra)) also used to do the same when he had to travel in haste.
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Sahih al-Bukhari 1092
And Laith (bin Sa'd) added this further, he said: Yunus told me, narrating from Ibn Shihab, that Salim said: Hazrat Ibn Umar (ra) used to combine Maghrib and Isha at Muzdalifah. Salim said: Hazrat Ibn Umar (ra) delayed the Maghrib prayer (Salat), and he had been called because his wife Safiyyah bint Abi Ubaid was ill. So I said to him: The prayer? He said: Keep going. Then I said: The prayer. He said: Keep going, until they had gone two or three miles; then he dismounted and prayed. Then he said: I saw the Prophet (saw) too praying in the same way when he was in haste to travel. And Hazrat Abdullah (bin Umar (ra)) said: I saw the Prophet (saw), when he had to travel in haste, delay the Maghrib prayer and pray three Rak'ahs and end with the greeting of peace (Salam). Then, after waiting a little, he would have the Iqamah called for the Isha prayer and pray two Rak'ahs of it and end with the Salam, and he would not pray voluntary prayers (Nafl) after Isha. Then he would get up in the middle of the night.
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Sahih al-Bukhari 1093
Ali bin Abdullah (Madini) narrated to us, he said: Abdul A'la narrated to us. He said: Ma'mar told us. He narrated from Zuhri, Zuhri from Abdullah bin Amir, he from his father (Hazrat Amir bin Rabi'ah (ra)). He said: I saw the Prophet (saw). He was praying on his she-camel, facing the very direction in which it was taking him.
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Sahih al-Bukhari 1094
Abu Nu'aim narrated to us, he said: Shaiban (Nahwi) told us. He narrated from Yahya, Yahya from Muhammad bin Abdur Rahman, that Hazrat Jabir bin Abdullah (ra) (Ansari) informed him that the Prophet (saw) used to pray voluntary prayers (Nafl) while he was mounted, not facing the Qiblah.
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Sahih al-Bukhari 1095
Abdul A'la bin Hammad narrated to us, he said: Wuhaib (bin Khalid) narrated to us. He said: Musa bin Uqbah told us. It is narrated from Nafi. He said: Hazrat Ibn Umar (ra) used to pray voluntary prayers (Nafl) on his she-camel and pray the Witr on it, and he would say that the Prophet (saw) also used to do the same.
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Sahih al-Bukhari 1096
Musa (bin Isma'il) narrated to us, he said: Abdul Aziz bin Muslim narrated to us. He said: Abdullah bin Dinar told us, he said: Hazrat Abdullah bin Umar (ra), on a journey, would pray on his she-camel in whatever direction it was taking him. He would make the bowing (Ruku) and the prostration by gesture, and Hazrat Abdullah bin Umar (ra) mentioned that the Prophet (saw) also used to do the same.
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Sahih al-Bukhari 1097
Yahya bin Bukair narrated to us, he said: Laith (bin Sa'd) told us. He narrated from Uqail, Uqail from Ibn Shihab, Ibn Shihab from Abdullah bin Amir bin Rabi'ah, that Hazrat Amir bin Rabi'ah (ra) informed him, he said: I saw the Messenger of Allah (saw). He was praying a voluntary prayer (Nafl) on his she-camel. He made (the bowing and the prostration) by a gesture of his head. His face was turned in the same direction as its face, and the Messenger of Allah (saw) did not do this in the obligatory prayer.
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Sahih al-Bukhari 1098
And Laith said: Yunus told me, narrating from Ibn Shihab, he said: Salim used to say: Hazrat Abdullah (bin Umar (ra)) would pray at night on his mount while he was travelling, not minding in whichever direction its face was. Hazrat Ibn Umar (ra) used to say: And the Messenger of Allah (saw) also used to pray voluntary prayers (Nafl) on the she-camel. He would face whatever direction the she-camel was facing, and he would pray the Witr on it, but he would not pray the obligatory prayer on it.
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Sahih al-Bukhari 1099
Mu'adh bin Fadalah narrated to us, he said: Hisham (Dastawa'i) told us. He narrated from Yahya, Yahya from Muhammad bin Abdur Rahman bin Thauban. He said: Hazrat Jabir bin Abdullah (ra) (Ansari) narrated to me that the Prophet (saw) used to pray on his mount (even) towards the east, and when he wished to pray the obligatory prayer, he would dismount and face the Qiblah.
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