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abudawud:1198al-Qaʿnabī > Mālik > Ṣāliḥ b. Kaysān > ʿUrwah b. al-Zubayr > ʿĀʾishah

The prayer was prescribed as consisting of two rak'ahs both when one was resident and when travelling. The prayer while travelling was left according to the original prescription and the prayer of one who was resident was enhanced.  

أبو داود:١١٩٨حَدَّثَنَا الْقَعْنَبِيُّ عَنْ مَالِكٍ عَنْ صَالِحِ بْنِ كَيْسَانَ عَنْ عُرْوَةَ بْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ ؓ قَالَتْ

فُرِضَتِ الصَّلاَةُ رَكْعَتَيْنِ رَكْعَتَيْنِ فِي الْحَضَرِ وَالسَّفَرِ فَأُقِرَّتْ صَلاَةُ السَّفَرِ وَزِيدَ فِي صَلاَةِ الْحَضَرِ  


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Collected by Bukhārī, Muslim, Nasāʾī, Mālik, Aḥmad, Ibn Ḥibbān, Ṭabarānī, Nasāʾī's Kubrá
bukhari:350ʿAbdullāh b. Yūsuf > Mālik > Ṣāliḥ b. Kaysān > ʿUrwah b. al-Zubayr > ʿĀʾishah

the mother of believers: Allah enjoined the prayer when He enjoined it, it was two rakʿat only (in every prayer) both when in residence or on journey. Then the prayers offered on journey remained the same, but (the rakʿat of) the prayers for non-travelers were increased.  

البخاري:٣٥٠حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ يُوسُفَ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا مَالِكٌ عَنْ صَالِحِ بْنِ كَيْسَانَ عَنْ عُرْوَةَ بْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ أُمِّ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ قَالَتْ

فَرَضَ اللَّهُ الصَّلاَةَ حِينَ فَرَضَهَا رَكْعَتَيْنِ رَكْعَتَيْنِ فِي الْحَضَرِ وَالسَّفَرِ فَأُقِرَّتْ صَلاَةُ السَّفَرِ وَزِيدَ فِي صَلاَةِ الْحَضَرِ  

muslim:685aYaḥyá b. Yaḥyá > Mālik > Ṣāliḥ b. Kaysān > ʿUrwah b. al-Zubayr

The prayer was prescribed as two rak'ahs, two rak'ahs both in journey and at the place of residence. The prayer while travelling remained as it was (originally prescribed), but an addition was made in the prayer (observed) at the place of residence.  

مسلم:٦٨٥aحَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ يَحْيَى قَالَ قَرَأْتُ عَلَى مَالِكٍ عَنْ صَالِحِ بْنِ كَيْسَانَ عَنْ عُرْوَةَ بْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ

عَنْ عَائِشَةَ زَوْجِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ أَنَّهَا قَالَتْ فُرِضَتِ الصَّلاَةُ رَكْعَتَيْنِ رَكْعَتَيْنِ فِي الْحَضَرِ وَالسَّفَرِ فَأُقِرَّتْ صَلاَةُ السَّفَرِ وَزِيدَ فِي صَلاَةِ الْحَضَرِ  

nasai:1441Muḥammad b. Wahb > Muḥammad b. Salamah > Abū ʿAbd al-Raḥīm > Zayd > Ayyūb Wahū Ibn ʿĀʾidh > Bukayr b. al-Akhnas > Mujāhid Abū al-Ḥajjāj > Ibn ʿAbbās

"The prayer of the resident was enjoined on the tongue of your Prophet ﷺ, four (rak'ahs), and the prayer of the traveler is two rak'ahs, and the prayer of fear is one rak'ah."  

النسائي:١٤٤١أَخْبَرَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ وَهْبٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحِيمِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي زَيْدٌ عَنْ أَيُّوبَ وَهُوَ ابْنُ عَائِذٍ عَنْ بُكَيْرِ بْنِ الأَخْنَسِ عَنْ مُجَاهِدٍ أَبِي الْحَجَّاجِ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

فُرِضَتْ صَلاَةُ الْحَضَرِ عَلَى لِسَانِ نَبِيِّكُمْ ﷺ أَرْبَعًا وَصَلاَةُ السَّفَرِ رَكْعَتَيْنِ وَصَلاَةُ الْخَوْفِ رَكْعَةً  

nasai:453Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm > Sufyān > al-Zuhrī > ʿUrwah > ʿĀʾishah

"The first time the Salah was enjoined it was two Rak'ahs, and it remained as such when traveling, but the Salah while resident was made complete."  

النسائي:٤٥٣أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ أَنْبَأَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

أَوَّلَ مَا فُرِضَتِ الصَّلاَةُ رَكْعَتَيْنِ فَأُقِرَّتْ صَلاَةُ السَّفَرِ وَأُتِمَّتْ صَلاَةُ الْحَضَرِ  

nasai:455Qutaybah > Mālik > Ṣāliḥ b. Kaysān > ʿUrwah > ʿĀʾishah

"The Salah was enjoined two Rak'ahs at a time, then the Salah when traveling remained like that, but the Salah while resident was increased."  

النسائي:٤٥٥أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ عَنْ مَالِكٍ عَنْ صَالِحِ بْنِ كَيْسَانَ عَنْ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

فُرِضَتِ الصَّلاَةُ رَكْعَتَيْنِ رَكْعَتَيْنِ فَأُقِرَّتْ صَلاَةُ السَّفَرِ وَزِيدَ فِي صَلاَةِ الْحَضَرِ  

malik:9-10Mālik > Ṣāliḥ b. Kaysān > ʿUrwah b. al-Zubayr

Yahya related to me from Malik from Salih ibn Kaysan from Urwa ibn az-Zubayr that A'isha, the wife of the Prophet ﷺ said, "The prayer was prescribed as two rakas, both when settled and when travelling. Then the travelling prayer was kept as it was, and an increase was made in the prayer when settled. "  

مالك:٩-١٠وَحَدَّثَنِي عَنْ مَالِكٍ عَنْ صَالِحِ بْنِ كَيْسَانَ عَنْ عُرْوَةَ بْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ

عَنْ عَائِشَةَ زَوْجِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ أَنَّهَا قَالَتْ فُرِضَتِ الصَّلاَةُ رَكْعَتَيْنِ رَكْعَتَيْنِ فِي الْحَضَرِ وَالسَّفَرِ فَأُقِرَّتْ صَلاَةُ السَّفَرِ وَزِيدَ فِي صَلاَةِ الْحَضَرِ  

ahmad:25967Abū Aḥmad Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh b. al-Zubayr > Usāmah b. Zayd al-Laythī > al-Qāsim b. Muḥammad > ʿĀʾishah

[Machine] The prayer was prescribed as two units, but the Messenger of Allah ﷺ added in the prayer of noon and left the prayer of travel as it is.  

أحمد:٢٥٩٦٧حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو أَحْمَدَ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أُسَامَةُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ اللَّيْثِيُّ عَنْ الْقَاسِمِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

فُرِضَتِ الصَّلَاةُ رَكْعَتَيْنِ فَزَادَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فِي صَلَاةِ الْحَضَرِ وَتَرَكَ صَلَاةَ السَّفَرِ عَلَى نَحْوِهَا  

ذِكْرُ الْبَيَانِ بِأَنَّ عَدَدَ الصَّلَوَاتِ فِي الْحَضَرِ وَالسَّفَرِ فِي أَوَّلِ مَا فُرِضَ كَانَ رَكْعَتَيْنِ

ibnhibban:2736al-Ḥusayn b. Idrīs al-Anṣārī > Aḥmad b. Abū Bakr > Mālik > Ṣāliḥ b. Kaysān > ʿUrwah b. al-Zubayr > ʿĀʾishah

The prayer was prescribed as consisting of two rak'ahs both when one was resident and when travelling. The prayer while travelling was left according to the original prescription and the prayer of one who was resident was enhanced. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 1198)  

ابن حبّان:٢٧٣٦أَخْبَرَنَا الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ إِدْرِيسَ الْأَنْصَارِيُّ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ أَبِي بَكْرٍ عَنْ مَالِكٍ عَنْ صَالِحِ بْنِ كَيْسَانَ عَنْ عُرْوَةَ بْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ

أَنَّهَا قَالَتْ «فُرِضَتِ الصَّلَاةُ رَكْعَتَيْنِ رَكْعَتَيْنِ فِي الْحَضَرِ وَالسَّفَرِ فَأُقِرَّتْ صَلَاةُ السَّفَرِ وَزِيدَ فِي الْحَضَرِ»  

ذِكْرُ الْبَيَانِ بِأَنَّ قَوْلَ عَائِشَةَ: «فُرِضَتِ الصَّلَاةُ رَكْعَتَيْنِ رَكْعَتَيْنِ»، أَرَادَتْ بِهِ فِي أَوَّلِ مَا فُرِضَتِ الصَّلَاةُ

ibnhibban:2737Aḥmad b. ʿAbdullāh Biḥarrān > al-Nufaylī > ʿUbaydullāh b. ʿAmr > Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd > ʿUrwah > ʿĀʾishah

[Machine] She said, "The first thing that was obligated regarding prayer, whether in settled or traveling situations, is two units of prayer. Then the prayer was increased in settled situations, while it was simplified in traveling situations."  

ابن حبّان:٢٧٣٧أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بِحَرَّانَ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا النُّفَيْلِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عَمْرٍو عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ

أَنَّهَا قَالَتْ «أَوَّلُ مَا فُرِضَتِ الصَّلَاةُ فِي الْحَضَرِ وَالسَّفَرِ رَكْعَتَيْنِ ثُمَّ زِيدَ فِي صَلَاةِ الْحَضَرِ وَأُقِرَّتْ فِي السَّفَرِ»  

tabarani:6676ʿAlī b. al-Mubārak al-Ṣanʿānī > Ismāʿīl b. Abū Ūways > Sulaymān b. Bilāl > Saʿd b. Saʿīd > al-Sāʾib b. Yazīd al-Kindī Ibn Ukht al-Namir

[Machine] I heard Al-Sa'ib bin Yazid Al-Kindi, the son of the daughter of Al-Namir, saying, "Prayer was initially prescribed as two units of prayer, then it was increased during the Salah of Al-Hadar (residing) and the prayer of Al-Safar (travel) was made shorter."  

الطبراني:٦٦٧٦حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْمُبَارَكِ الصَّنْعَانِيُّ ثنا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ أَبِي أُوَيْسٍ حَدَّثَنِي سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ بِلَالٍ عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ السَّائِبَ بْنَ يَزِيدَ الْكِنْدِيَّ ابْنَ أُخْتِ النَّمِرِ يَقُولُ «فُرِضَتِ الصَّلَاةُ رَكْعَتَيْنِ رَكْعَتَيْنِ ثُمَّ زِيدَ فِي صَلَاةِ الْحَضَرِ وَأُقِرَّتْ صَلَاةُ السَّفَرِ»  

nasai-kubra:313Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm > Sufyān > al-Zuhrī > ʿUrwah > ʿĀʾishah

"The Salah was enjoined two Rak'ahs at a time, then the Salah when traveling remained like that, but the Salah while resident was increased." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 455)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٣١٣أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

«فُرِضَتِ الصَّلَاةُ رَكْعَتَيْنِ فَأُقِرَّتْ صَلَاةُ السَّفَرِ وَزِيدَ فِي صَلَاةِ الْحَضَرِ»  

nasai-kubra:523Muḥammad b. Wahb > Muḥammad b. Salamah > Abū ʿAbd al-Raḥīm Wahū Khālid b. Abū Yazīd > Zayd > Ayyūb > Bukayr b. al-Akhnas > Mujāhid > Ibn ʿAbbās

"The prayer of the resident was enjoined on the tongue of your Prophet ﷺ, four (rak'ahs), and the prayer of the traveler is two rak'ahs, and the prayer of fear is one rak'ah." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 1441)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٥٢٣أَخْبَرَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ وَهْبٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحِيمِ وَهُوَ خَالِدُ بْنُ أَبِي يَزِيدَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي زَيْدٌ عَنْ أَيُّوبَ عَنْ بُكَيْرِ بْنِ الْأَخْنَسِ عَنْ مُجَاهِدٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

«فُرِضَتْ صَلَاةُ الْحَضَرِ عَلَى لِسَانِ نَبِيِّكُمْ أَرْبَعًا وَصَلَاةُ السَّفَرِ رَكْعَتَيْنِ وَصَلَاةُ الْخَوْفِ رَكْعَةً»  

nasai-kubra:1912Muḥammad b. Wahb > Muḥammad b. Salamah > Abū ʿAbd al-Raḥīm > Zayd > Ayyūb > Bukayr b. al-Akhnas > Mujāhid Abū al-Ḥajjāj > Ibn ʿAbbās

"The prayer of the resident was enjoined on the tongue of your Prophet ﷺ, four (rak'ahs), and the prayer of the traveler is two rak'ahs, and the prayer of fear is one rak'ah." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 1441)  

الكبرى للنسائي:١٩١٢أَخْبَرَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ وَهْبٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحِيمِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي زَيْدٌ عَنْ أَيُّوبَ عَنْ بُكَيْرِ بْنِ الْأَخْنَسِ عَنْ مُجَاهِدٍ أَبِي الْحَجَّاجِ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

«فُرِضَتْ صَلَاةُ الْحَضَرِ عَلَى لِسَانِ نَبِيِّكُمْ ﷺ أَرْبَعًا وَصَلَاةُ السَّفَرِ رَكْعَتَيْنِ وَصَلَاةُ الْخَوْفِ رَكْعَةً»