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ahmad:5041Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar > Shuʿbah > Khubayb / Ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Ḥafṣ b. ʿĀṣim > Ibn ʿUmar

[Machine] "We went out with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ , and he performed the prayer of travel, meaning two units of prayer. And Abu Bakr, Umar, and Uthman also prayed four units for six years of his caliphate before him."  

أحمد:٥٠٤١حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ خُبَيْبٍ يَعْنِي ابْنَ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ حَفْصِ بْنِ عَاصِمٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ

خَرَجْنَا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَكَانَ يُصَلِّي صَلَاةَ السَّفَرِ يَعْنِي رَكْعَتَيْنِ وَمَعَ أَبِي بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرَ وَعُثْمَانَ سِتَّ سِنِينَ مِنْ إِمْرَتِهِ ثُمَّ صَلَّى أَرْبَعًا  


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ahmad:5178Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd > ʿUbaydullāh > Nāfiʿ > Ibn ʿUmar

I offered the prayer with the Prophet, Abu Bakr and ʿUmar at Mina and it was of two rakʿat. ʿUthman in the early days of his caliphate did the same, but later on he started praying the full prayer. (Using translation from Bukhārī 1082)  

أحمد:٥١٧٨حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ

صَلَّيْتُ مَعَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ بِمِنًى رَكْعَتَيْنِ وَمَعَ أَبِي بَكْرٍ وَمَعَ عُمَرَ وَعُثْمَانَ صَدْرًا مِنْ إِمَارَتِهِ ثُمَّ أَتَمَّ