Jami at-Tirmidhi

Hadith 550

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What Has Been Related About Voluntary Prayers While Traveling

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Darussalam · Volume 2

The Chapters On Traveling

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الجزء: 1 ¦ الصفحة: 552

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550. Al-Barā' bin 'Āzib said: "I accompanied the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ on eighteen journeys, and I did not see him leave the two Rak'ah when the sun waned before Zuhr." (Ḥasan) There is something on this topic from Ibn 'Umar. Abū 'Eisā said: The Hadīth of Al-Barā' is a Gharīb Hadīth. He said: I asked Muḥammad about it, and he did not know of it except as a narration of Al-Laith bin Sa'd, and he did not know the name of Abū Bushrah Al-Ghifārī, and he considered his narrations to be Hasan. It has been reported from Ibn 'Umar that the Prophet ﷺ would not perform voluntary prayers while traveling before the (obligatory) Ṣalāt nor after it. And it has been reported from him (Ibn 'Umar) that the Prophet ﷺ would perform voluntary prayers while traveling. Then, the people of knowledge differed after the Prophet ﷺ, some of the Companions of the Prophet ﷺ thought that one could perform voluntary prayers while traveling. This is the view of Aḥmad and Iṣhāq. A group of the people of knowledge did not think that one was to pray before obligatory prayers or after them. Those who say that one is to not perform voluntary prayers while traveling mean that he should accept the permission (to not do so), and if one does perform voluntary prayers, then he would get many rewards for that. This is the view of most of the people of knowledge that prefer voluntary prayers while traveling.

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٥٥٠ - حَدَّثَنَا ‌قُتَيْبَةُ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا ‌اللَّيْثُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ ، عَنْ ‌صَفْوَانَ بْنِ سُلَيْمٍ، عَنْ ‌أَبِي بُسْرَةَ الْغِفَارِيِّ ، عَنِ ‌الْبَرَاءِ بْنِ عَازِبٍ قَالَ: «صَحِبْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ثَمَانِيَةَ عَشَرَ سَفَرًا (١)» فَمَا رَأَيْتُهُ تَرَكَ الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ إِذَا زَاغَتِ الشَّمْسُ قَبْلَ الظُّهْرِ وَفِي الْبَابِ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ. حَدِيثُ الْبَرَاءِ حَدِيثٌ غَرِيبٌ. وَسَأَلْتُ مُحَمَّدًا عَنْهُ فَلَمْ يَعْرِفْهُ إِلَّا مِنْ حَدِيثِ اللَّيْثِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ وَلَمْ يَعْرِفِ اسْمَ أَبِي بُسْرَةَ الْغِفَارِيِّ وَرَآهُ حَسَنًا. وَرُوِيَ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ: أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ كَانَ لَا يَتَطَوَّعُ فِي السَّفَرِ قَبْلَ الصَّلَاةِ وَلَا بَعْدَهَا. وَرُوِيَ عَنْهُ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَنَّهُ كَانَ يَتَطَوَّعُ فِي السَّفَرِ ثُمَّ اخْتَلَفَ أَهْلُ الْعِلْمِ بَعْدَ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ. فَرَأَى بَعْضُ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَنْ يَتَطَوَّعَ الرَّجُلُ فِي السَّفَرِ، وَبِهِ يَقُولُ أَحْمَدُ، وَإِسْحَاقُ. وَلَمْ تَرَ طَائِفَةٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ أَنْ يُصَلَّى قَبْلَهَا وَلَا بَعْدَهَا. وَمَعْنَى مَنْ لَمْ يَتَطَوَّعْ فِي السَّفَرِ قَبُولُ الرُّخْصَةِ، وَمَنْ تَطَوَّعَ فَلَهُ فِي ذَلِكَ فَضْلٌ كَثِيرٌ، وَهُوَ قَوْلُ أَكْثَرِ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ: يَخْتَارُونَ التَّطَوُّعَ فِي السَّفَرِ.

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It is incorrect to pray regular Sunnah on a journey along with the obligatory prayer, in the view of some Companions and the successors. (Al-Mughni: 3/156, for further detail see: Al-Mir'at: 2/262]