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The Voluntary Prayers During Travel

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Darussalam · Volume 2

4. The Book Of The Traveler's Prayers

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الحديث: 1223 ¦ الجزء: 2 ¦ الصفحة: 8

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1223. Hāṣṣ bin 'Āṣim bin 'Umar bin Al-Khaṭṭāb narrated: "I accompanied Ibn 'Umar in one of his journeys. He led us in a two Rak'ah prayer, then turned around and saw people standing (in prayer). He asked: 'What are these people doing?' I said: 'They are praying voluntary prayers.' He said: 'If I were to pray the voluntary prayers, I would have completed my (obligatory) prayer! O nephew, I accompanied the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ during his travels, and he never prayed more than two Rak'ahs (while traveling) until Allāh took his soul. And I accompanied Abū Bakr during his travels, and he never prayed more than two Rak'ahs until Allāh took his soul. And I accompanied 'Umar during his travels, and he never prayed more than two Rak'ahs until Allāh, the Mighty and Sublime, took his soul. And I accompanied 'Uthmān during his travels, and he never prayed more than two Rak'ahs until Allāh took his soul. And Allāh has said: Indeed, you have in the Messenger of Allāh an excellent example."[1] (Ṣaḥīḥ) [1] Al-Ahzāb 33:21.

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1223 - حَدَّثَنَا الْقَعْنَبِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا عِيسَى بْنُ حَفْصِ بْنِ عَاصِمِ بْنِ عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، قَالَ: صَحِبْتُ ابْنَ عُمَرَ، فِي طَرِيقٍ، قَالَ: فَصَلَّى بِنَا رَكْعَتَيْنِ، ثُمَّ أَقْبَلَ فَرَأَى نَاسًا قِيَامًا، فَقَالَ: مَا يَصْنَعُ هَؤُلَاءِ؟ قُلْتُ: يُسَبِّحُونَ، قَالَ: لَوْ كُنْتُ مُسَبِّحًا أَتْمَمْتُ صَلَاتِي، يَا ابْنَ أَخِي، «إِنِّي صَحِبْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِي السَّفَرِ، فَلَمْ يَزِدْ عَلَى رَكْعَتَيْنِ حَتَّى قَبَضَهُ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ»، وَصَحِبْتُ أَبَا بَكْرٍ، فَلَمْ يَزِدْ عَلَى رَكْعَتَيْنِ حَتَّى قَبَضَهُ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ، وَصَحِبْتُ عُمَرَ، فَلَمْ يَزِدْ عَلَى رَكْعَتَيْنِ حَتَّى قَبَضَهُ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى، وَصَحِبْتُ عُثْمَانَ فَلَمْ يَزِدْ عَلَى رَكْعَتَيْنِ حَتَّى قَبَضَهُ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى، وَقَدْ قَالَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ: {لَقَدْ كَانَ لَكُمْ فِي رَسُولِ اللَّهِ أُسْوَةٌ حَسَنَةٌ} [الأحزاب: 21]

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