For How Long May A Traveler Shorten His Prayer If He Stays In A Town?
Darussalam · Volume 2
(5) The Chapters OfEstablishing The PrayerAnd The SunnahRegarding ThemSunan Ibn Majah Darussalam English translation
الحديث: 1073 ¦ الجزء: 1 ¦ الصفحة: 341
Source no. 1073 · Volume 3 · Page 73
Sahih
صحيح، صحيح أبي داود (١٧٦٣)
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1073. It was narrated that 'Abdur-Rahmân bin Humaid Az-Zuhri said: "I asked Sâ'ib bin Yazid: 'What have you heard about staying in Makkah?' He said: 'I heard 'Ala' bin Hadrami say: "The Prophet ﷺ said: 'Three (days) for the Muhâjir after departing (from Mina).'"[1] (Sahih)
1073 - حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا حَاتِمُ بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ حُمَيْدٍ الزُّهْرِيِّ، قَالَ: سَأَلْتُ السَّائِبَ بْنَ يَزِيدَ مَاذَا سَمِعْتَ فِي سُكْنَى مَكَّةَ؟ قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ الْعَلَاءَ بْنَ الْحَضْرَمِيِّ، يَقُولُ: قَالَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «ثَلَاثًا لِلْمُهَاجِرِ بَعْدَ الصَّدَرِ»
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It has been deduced from it, that staying beyond three days at a place makes a traveling person like a resident. The Emigrants were not permitted to take their residence once again in Makkah, so that that they continue to merit the reward of Emigration. The Prophet ﷺ permitted them to stay there up to three days. It means a stay of three days does not give one the status of a resident. As such, if a traveler stays up to three days at a place, he may perform the shortened prayer. Some other scholars, however, base their opinion on the text of the next Hadith, and extend the period for shortened ﷺ to four days.