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Sunan an-Nasa'iThe Book of Shortening the Prayer When Traveling

Sunan an-Nasa'i 1434

Authentic 3 scholars’ grades Sunan an-Nasa'i 1434

Narrator:Abdullāh ibn ‘Umar

أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا اللَّيْثُ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي بَكْرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، عَنْ أُمَيَّةَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ خَالِدٍ، أَنَّهُ قَالَ لِعَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ إِنَّا نَجِدُ صَلاَةَ الْحَضَرِ وَصَلاَةَ الْخَوْفِ فِي الْقُرْآنِ وَلاَ نَجِدُ صَلاَةَ السَّفَرِ فِي الْقُرْآنِ ‏.‏ فَقَالَ لَهُ ابْنُ عُمَرَ يَا ابْنَ أَخِي

إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ بَعَثَ إِلَيْنَا مُحَمَّدًا صلى الله عليه وسلم وَلاَ نَعْلَمُ شَيْئًا وَإِنَّمَا نَفْعَلُ كَمَا رَأَيْنَا مُحَمَّدًا صلى الله عليه وسلم يَفْعَلُ ‏.‏

It was narrated from Umayyah bin 'Abdullah bin Khalid that:

He said to 'Abdullah bin 'Umar: "We find (mention of) prayer when one is at home (i.e., not traveling) and prayer at times of fear in the Qur'an, but we do not find any mention in the Qur'an of prayer when traveling. Ibn Umar said to him: 'O son of my brother, Allah (SWT) send Muhammad (ﷺ) to us when we did not know anything, and all we should do is to do that which we saw Muhammad (ﷺ) doing.'"

Reported by An-Nasa’i (No. 1434), Ibn Majah (No. 1066), Malik (No. 336) and Ahmad (No. 5081, 5425).

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Classical commentary

Al-Sindi — Hashiyat al-Sindi on Sunan al-Nasa'i

قَوْله " صَلَاة الْحَضَر " هِيَ مَحَلّ الْأَوَامِر الْمُطْلَقَة وَصَلَاة الْخَوْف هِيَ مَذْكُورَة فِي قَوْله تَعَالَى إِذَا ضَرَبْتُمْ فِي الْأَرْض فَلَيْسَ عَلَيْكُمْ جُنَاح أَنْ تَقْصُرُوا الْآيَة " يَفْعَلُ " أَيْ وَقَدْ قَصَرَ بِلَا خَوْف فَهُوَ دَلِيل يَثْبُت بِهِ الْحُكْم كَمَا يَثْبُت بِالْقُرْآنِ.…

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Scholars’ grades

ScholarGradeApplies toWork
Al-Albanid. 1420 AH AuthenticSahih The hadith No. 1434
Zubair Ali Zaid. 1435 AH AuthenticSahih The hadith No. 1434
Abd al-Fattah Abu Ghuddahd. 1417 AH AuthenticSahih The hadith No. 1434

Other versions

Differing grades Sunan Ibn Majah 1066

“We find (mention of) the prayer of the resident and the prayer in a state of fear in the Qur’an, but we do not find any mention of the prayer of the traveler. ‘Abdullah said to him: “Allah sent Muhammad (ﷺ) to us, and we did not know anything, rather we do what we saw Muhammad (ﷺ) doing.”

إِنَّ اللَّهَ بَعَثَ إِلَيْنَا مُحَمَّدًا ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ وَلاَ نَعْلَمُ شَيْئًا فَإِنَّمَا نَفْعَلُ كَمَا رَأَيْنَا مُحَمَّدًا ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ يَفْعَلُ ‏.‏

Narrated by Abdullāh ibn ‘Umar

Authentic Muwatta Malik 336

Yahya related to me from Malik from Ibn Shihab from a man of the family of Khalid ibn Asid that he said to Abdullah ibn Umar, "Abu Abd ar-Rahman, we find the fear prayer and the prayer when settled mentioned in the Qur'an, but we do not find any mention of the travelling prayer in it." Ibn Umar…

حَدَّثَنِي يَحْيَى، عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، عَنْ رَجُلٍ، مِنْ آلِ خَالِدِ بْنِ أَسِيدٍ أَنَّهُ سَأَلَ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ عُمَرَ فَقَالَ يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ إِنَّا نَجِدُ صَلاَةَ الْخَوْفِ وَصَلاَةَ…

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  • السنن الكبرى للنسائي (1881)نَجِدُ صَلاةَ الْحَضَرِ ، وَصَلاةَ الْخَوْفِ فِي الْقُرْآنِ ، وَلا نَجِدُ صَلاةَ السَّفَرِ فِي الْقُرْآنِ ، فَقَالَ لَهُ ابْنُ عُمَرَ : ابْنَ أَخِي ، إِنَّ اللَّهَ بَعَثَ إِلَيْنَا مُحَمَّدًا ﷺ وَلا نَعْلَمُ شَيْئًا ، فَإِنَّمَا نَفْعَلُ كَمَا رَأَيْنَا مُحَمَّدًا ﷺ يفعلُ
  • المستدرك على الصحيحين (891)اللَّهَ بَعَثَ إِلَيْنَا مُحَمَّدًا ﷺ وَلا نَعْلَمُ شَيْئًا ، فَإِنَّمَا نَفْعَلُ كَمَا رَأَيْنَا مُحَمَّدًا يَفْعَلُ
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