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Jami' at-TirmidhiThe Book on Traveling

Jami' at-Tirmidhi 544

Chapter: (What Has Been Related About) Shortening The Prayer During Travels

Differing grades 4 scholars’ grades Jami' at-Tirmidhi 544

Narrator:Abdullāh ibn ‘Umar

حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَهَّابِ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْحَكَمِ الْوَرَّاقُ الْبَغْدَادِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سُلَيْمٍ، عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ، عَنْ نَافِعٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ، قَالَ سَافَرْتُ مَعَ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم وَأَبِي بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرَ وَعُثْمَانَ فَكَانُوا

يُصَلُّونَ الظُّهْرَ وَالْعَصْرَ رَكْعَتَيْنِ رَكْعَتَيْنِ لاَ يُصَلُّونَ قَبْلَهَا وَلاَ بَعْدَهَا ‏

Ibn Umar narrated:

"I traveled with the Prophet, Abu Bakr, Umar, and Uthman; they would pray Zuhr and Asr as two Rak'ah and two Rak'ah, not praying before them nor after them." And Ibn Umar said: "If I was going to pray before it or after it then I would pray it complete."

Reported by At-Tirmidhi (No. 544).

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Al-Mubarakfuri — Tuhfat al-Ahwadhi

قَوْلُهُ : ( حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَهَّابِ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْحَكَمِ الْوَرَّاقُ الْبَغْدَادِيُّ ) صَاحِبُ أَحْمَدَ رَوَى عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ سَعِيدِ الْأُمَوِيِّ وَمُعَاذِ بْنِ مُعَاذٍ , وَعَنْهُ أَبُو دَاوُدَ وَالتِّرْمِذِيُّ وَالنَّسَائِيُّ. قَالَ أَحْمَدُ : قَلَّ مَنْ يُرَى مِثْلُهُ , وَثَّقَهُ النَّسَائِيُّ وَالدَّارَقُطْنِيُّ تُوُفِّيَ سَنَةَ 251 إِحْدَى وَخَمْسِينَ وَمِائَتَيْنِ ( أَخْبَرَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سُلَيْمٍ ) بِالتَّصْغِيرِ الطَّائِفِيُّ الْقُرَشِيُّ مَوْلَاهُمْ الْمَكِّيُّ الْخَرَّازُ بِمُعْجَمَةٍ ثُمَّ مُهْمَلَةٍ وَثَّقَهُ اِبْنُ مَعِينٍ وَابْنُ سَعْدٍ وَالنَّسَائِيُّ إِلَّا فِي عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ , وَقَالَ أَبُو حَاتِمٍ : مَحَلُّهُ الصِّدْقُ وَلَمْ يَكُنْ بِالْحَافِظِ وَ…

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Scholars’ grades

The 4 scholars cited do not give the same grade: each one is shown below.

ScholarGradeApplies toWork
Al-Albanid. 1420 AH AuthenticSahih The hadith No. 544
Zubair Ali Zaid. 1435 AH Good chain (hasan)Isnaad Hasan The chain only No. 544
Ahmad Shakird. 1377 AH AuthenticSahih The hadith No. 544
Bashar Awwad Ma'ruf Good (hasan)Hasan The hadith No. 544

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