When Should The Traveler Shorten The Prayer?
Darussalam · Volume 2
4. The Book Of The Traveler's PrayersSunan Abi Dawud Darussalam English translation
الحديث: 1201 ¦ الجزء: 2 ¦ الصفحة: 3
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Sahih
صحيح
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Sahih chain
(قلت: إسناده صحيح على شرط مسلم. وقد أخرجه بإسناد المؤلف، وأبو عوانة من طريقه)
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1201. It was reported from Shu'bah, from Yahyā bin Yazid Al-Hunā'ī that he said: "I asked Anas bin Mālik regarding the shortening of the prayer. He replied: 'When the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ traveled for a distance of three miles' — or: 'three Farsakhs'[1] — Shu'bah was not sure — he would pray two Rak'ahs.” (Sahih)
1201 - حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ، حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ، حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ يَزِيدَ الْهُنَائِيِّ، قَالَ: سَأَلْتُ أَنَسَ بْنَ مَالِكٍ، عَنْ قَصْرِ الصَّلَاةِ، فَقَالَ أَنَسٌ: «كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِذَا خَرَجَ مَسِيرَةَ ثَلَاثَةِ أَمْيَالٍ، أَوْ ثَلَاثَةِ فَرَاسِخَ - شَكَّ شُعْبَةُ - يُصَلِّي رَكْعَتَيْنِ»
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[1] They say a Farsakh is about three miles (Amyāl). As for mile (Mīl) they say it is the distance where one's sight ends, or the limit that one can see a person on a level surface of land, and not recognize whether it is a male or a female, or whether they are coming or going, and some of the present day scholars say it is 1680 meters.