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Sunan Abu DawudPrayer (Kitab Al-Salat): Detailed Rules of Law about the Prayer during Journey

Sunan Abu Dawud 1230

Chapter: When Should The Traveler Stop Shortening The Prayer

Authentic 4 scholars’ grades Sunan Abu Dawud 1230

Narrator:Ibn ‘Abbās

حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْعَلاَءِ، وَعُثْمَانُ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، - الْمَعْنَى وَاحِدٌ - قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا حَفْصٌ، عَنْ عَاصِمٍ، عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم

أَقَامَ سَبْعَ عَشْرَةَ بِمَكَّةَ يَقْصُرُ الصَّلاَةَ ‏

Narrated Abdullah ibn Abbas:

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) had a stop of seventeen days in Mecca and he shortened the prayer (i.e. prayed two rak'ahs at each time of prayer). Ibn Abbas said: He who stays seventeen days should shorten the prayer; and who stays more than that should offer complete prayer.

Abu Dawud said: The other version transmitted by Ibn 'Abbas through a different chain adds: He (the Prophet) had a stop of nineteen days (in Mecca).

Reported by Abu Dawud (No. 1230).

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Al-Azimabadi — Awn al-Ma'bud

( أَقَامَ سَبْع عَشْرَة بِمَكَّة ) : بِتَقْدِيمِ السِّين قَبْل الْبَاء , لَكِنْ فِي رِوَايَة الْبُخَارِيّ مِنْ طَرِيق أَبِي عَوَانَة عَنْ عَاصِم وَحُصَيْن عَنْ عِكْرِمَة عَنْ اِبْن عَبَّاس بِلَفْظِ تِسْعَة عَشَر بِتَقْدِيمِ التَّاء قَبْل السِّين وَلَفْظه " أَقَامَ النَّبِيّ صَلَّى اللَّه عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ تِسْعَة عَشَر يَقْصُر فَنَحْنُ إِذَا سَافَرْنَا تِسْعَة عَشَر قَصْرنَا وَإِنْ زِدْنَا أَتْمَمْنَا " اِنْتَهَى. وَكَذَا أَخْرَجَهُ الْبُخَارِيّ فِي الْمَغَازِي مِنْ وَجْه آخَر عَنْ عَاصِم وَحْده , وَكَذَا رَوَاهُ اِبْن الْمُنْذِر مِنْ طَرِيق عَبْد الرَّحْمَن بْن الْأَصْبَهَانِيِّ عَنْ عِكْرِمَة لَكِنْ أَخْرَجَهُ أَبُو دَاوُدَ , مِنْ هَذَا الْوَجْه أَيْ مِنْ طَرِيق اِبْن الْأَصْبَهَانِيِّ بِ…

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Scholars’ grades

ScholarGradeApplies toWork
Al-Albanid. 1420 AH AuthenticSahih The hadith No. 1230
Shu'ayb al-Arna'utd. 1438 AH AuthenticSahih The hadith No. 1230
Zubair Ali Zaid. 1435 AH AuthenticSahih Bukhari (1080) The hadith No. 1230
Muhammad Muhyi al-Din Abd al-Hamidd. 1392 AH AuthenticSahih The hadith No. 1230

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  • معرفة السنن والآثار للبيهقي (1473)أَقَامَ سَبْعَ عَشْرَةَ بِمَكَّةَ يَقْصُرُ الصَّلاةَ

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