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[Machine] Either you follow the Sunnah of your Prophet ﷺ and I have informed you, or you do not follow the Sunnah of your Prophet and I have not informed you. They said, "So the best of the Sunnah is the Sunnah of our Prophet ﷺ, O Abu Abdullah." He said, "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ, when he would leave this city, would not exceed two units of prayer until he returned to it."  

أحمد:٦٠٦٣حَدَّثَنَا يُونُسُ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ يَعْنِي ابْنَ زَيْدٍ حَدَّثَنَا بِشْرُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ قَالَ سَأَلْتُ ابْنَ عُمَرَ كَيْفَ صَلَاةُ الْمُسَافِرِ يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ؟ فَقَالَ

إِمَّا أَنْتُمْ تَتَّبِعُونَ سُنَّةَ نَبِيِّكُمْ ﷺ أَخْبَرْتُكُمْ وَإِمَّا أَنْتُمْ لَا تَتَّبِعُونَ سُنَّةَ نَبِيِّكُمْ لَمْ أُخْبِرْكُمْ قَالَ قُلْنَا فَخَيْرُ السُّنَنِ سُنَّةُ نَبِيِّنَا ﷺ يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ فَقَالَ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا خَرَجَمِنْ هَذِهِ الْمَدِينَةِ لَمْ يَزِدْ عَلَى رَكْعَتَيْنِ حَتَّى يَرْجِعَ إِلَيْهَا