English translation
[1629] 50 - (...) It was narrated that Ibn 'Abbâs said: "The Messenger of Allâh ﷺ prayed Zuhr and 'Asr together in Al- Madīnah, when there was no fear and he was not travelling." Abū Az-Zubair said: "I asked Sa'eed: 'Why did he do that?' He said: 'I asked Ibn 'Abbās the same question as you have asked me, and he said: "He did not want his Ummah to be subjected to hardship'."
