[Machine] I said to Umar ibn al-Khattab, "The saying of Allah (Exalted is He): 'There is no sin upon you if you shorten the prayer when you fear that those who disbelieve may harm you' (Quran 4:101) and people have been granted security." He said, "I am amazed at what you are amazed at," so I asked the Prophet ﷺ about it. He said, "It is a charity that Allah bestows upon you, so accept His charity." This is the wording of the hadith of Ibn Idris. In the hadith of Abu Asim, he said, "I said to Umar ibn al-Khattab, 'Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) says: "There is no sin upon you if you shorten the prayer when you fear that those who disbelieve may harm you" (Quran 4:101).' At the end of it, he said, 'It is a charity that Allah bestows upon you, so accept it.'"  

قُلْتُ لِعُمَرَ ؓ قَوْلُهُ تَعَالَى {لَيْسَ عَلَيْكُمْ جُنَاحٌ أَنْ تَقْصُرُوا مِنَ الصَّلَاةِ إِنْ خِفْتُمْ أَنْ يَفْتِنَكُمُ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا} وَقَدْ أَمِنَ النَّاسُ قَالَ عَجِبْتُ مِمَّا عَجِبْتَ مِنْهُ فَسَأَلْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَقَالَ صَدَقَةٌ تَصَدَّقَ اللهُ بِهَا عَلَيْكُمْ فَاقْبَلُوا صَدَقَتَهُ لَفْظُ حَدِيثِ ابْنِ إِدْرِيسَ وَفِي حَدِيثِ أَبِي عَاصِمٍ قَالَ قُلْتُ لِعُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ ؓ قَالَ اللهُ ﷻ {أَنْ تَقْصُرُوا مِنَ الصَّلَاةِ إِنْ خِفْتُمْ أَنْ يَفْتِنَكُمُ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا} [النساء 101] وَفِي آخِرِهِ فَقَالَ صَدَقَةُ اللهِ عَلَيْكُمْ فَاقْبَلُوهَا  

I said to ʿUmar bin al-Khattab. People are shortening the prayer today, and Allah says: “If you fear that the disbelievers may put you in trial (attack you)ʿ [an-Nisaʿ 4:101). But that time [i.e., time of fear] has gone, He said: I wondered the same thing as you are wondering, and I asked the Messenger of Allah ﷺ about that. He said: ʿIt is a charity that Allah has bestowed upon you, so accept His charity.” ʿAbdur-Razzaq told us, Ibn Juraij told us I heard ʿAbdur-Rahman bin ‘Abdullah bin Abi ‘Ammar narrate... and he mentioned [the same report]. (Using translation from Aḥmad 244)   

أَنْ يَفْتِنَكُمُ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا} [النساء 101] فَقَدْ ذَهَبَ ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمَ فَقَالَ عَجِبْتُ مِمَّا عَجِبْتَ مِنْهُ فَذَكَرْتُ ذَلِكَ لِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ صَدَقَةٌ تَصَدَّقَ اللهُ جَلَّ وَعَزَّ بِهَا عَلَيْكُمْ فَاقْبَلُوا صَدَقَتَهُ  

[Machine] We prayed with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ in Mina, more than we used to, and he led us in two units of prayer.  

صَلَّيْنَا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ بِمِنًى أَكْثَرَ مَا كُنَّا وَآمَنَهُ رَكْعَتَيْنِ  

[Machine] I prayed with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ in Mina, and the people were mostly performing the Farewell Hajj, so he performed two units of prayer.  

صَلَّيْتُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ بِمِنًى وَالنَّاسُ أَكْثَرُ مَا كَانُوا فَصَلَّى رَكْعَتَيْنِ فِي حَجَّةِ الْوَدَاعِ  

[Machine] Aisha, the wife of the Prophet ﷺ , said: Allah made the prayer obligatory by prescribing two units of prayer (raka'at) and then completed it for the people in the city, while maintaining the original obligation for travelers.  

عَنْ عَائِشَةَ زَوْجِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَتْ فَرَضَ اللهُ الصَّلَاةَ حِينَ فَرَضَهَا رَكْعَتَيْنِ ثُمَّ أَتَمَّهَا فِي الْحَضَرِ وَأُقِرَّتْ صَلَاةُ السَّفَرِ عَلَى الْفَرِيضَةِ الْأُولَى  

[Machine] Allah ﷻ has prescribed prayer upon the tongue of your Prophet ﷺ in settled places as four (rak'ahs), and in traveling as two (rak'ahs), and in fear as one (rak'ah), and the wording of both is the same.  

فَرَضَ اللهُ ﷻ الصَّلَاةَ عَلَى لِسَانِ نَبِيِّكُمْ ﷺ فِي الْحَضَرِ أَرْبَعًا وَفِي السَّفَرِ رَكْعَتَيْنِ وَفِي الْخَوْفِ رَكْعَةً لَفْظُ حَدِيثِهِمَا سَوَاءٌ  

[Machine] About the Prophet ﷺ , he used to travel from Madinah to Makkah safely, fearing only Allah, and he would pray two units of prayer.  

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ كَانَ يُسَافَرُ مِنَ الْمَدِينَةِ إِلَى مَكَّةَ آمِنًا لَا يَخَافُ إِلَّا اللهَ فَيُصَلِّي رَكْعَتَيْنِ  

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to travel between Mecca and Medina without fearing anyone but Allah, then he would shorten the prayer.  

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يُسَافَرُ مَا بَيْنَ مَكَّةَ وَالْمَدِينَةِ لَا يَخَافُ إِلَّا اللهَ ثُمَّ يَقْصُرُ الصَّلَاةَ  

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ used to travel between Mecca and Medina without fearing anyone except Allah, so he would shorten the prayer.  

كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ يَخْرُجُ مَا بَيْنَ مَكَّةَ وَالْمَدِينَةِ لَا يَخَافُ إِلَّا اللهَ فَيَقْصُرُ الصَّلَاةَ  

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ was on a journey and he said, "Indeed, this young boy is asking me about the prayer of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ during the journey, so memorize them from me. I have never traveled with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ on a journey but that he prayed two units of prayer until he returned. I witnessed with him the Battle of Hunayn and At-Ta'if, and he would pray two units of prayer. Then I performed Hajj with him and made 'Umrah, and he prayed two units of prayer. Then he said, 'O people of Makkah, complete the prayer, for we are a traveling people.' Then I performed Hajj with Abu Bakr and made 'Umrah, and he prayed two units of prayer. Then he said, 'O people of Makkah, complete the prayer, for we are a traveling people.' Then I performed Hajj with 'Umar and made 'Umrah, and he prayed two units of prayer. Then he said, 'O people of Makkah, complete the prayer, for we are a traveling people.' Then I performed Hajj with 'Uthman and made 'Umrah, and he prayed two units of prayer. Then 'Uthman said, 'Complete the prayer.'"  

رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فِي السَّفَرِ فَقَالَ إِنَّ هَذَا الْفَتَى يَسْأَلُنِي عَنْ صَلَاةِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فِي السَّفَرِ فَاحْفَظُوهُنَّ عَنِّي مَا سَافَرْتُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ سَفَرًا قَطُّ إِلَّا صَلَّى رَكْعَتَيْنِ حَتَّى يَرْجِعَ وَشَهِدْتُ مَعَهُ حُنَيْنًا وَالطَّائِفَ فَكَانَ يُصَلِّي رَكْعَتَيْنِ ثُمَّ حَجَجْتُ مَعَهُ وَاعْتَمَرْتُ فَصَلَّى رَكْعَتَيْنِ ثُمَّ قَالَ يَا أَهْلَ مَكَّةَ أَتِمُّوا الصَّلَاةَ فَإِنَّا قَوْمٌ سَفْرٌ ثُمَّ حَجَجْتُ مَعَ أَبِي بَكْرٍ وَاعْتَمَرْتُ فَصَلَّى رَكْعَتَيْنِ رَكْعَتَيْنِ قَالَ يَا أَهْلَ مَكَّةَ أَتِمُّوا فَإِنَّا قَوْمٌ سَفْرٌ ثُمَّ حَجَجْتُ مَعَ عُمَرَ وَاعْتَمَرْتُ فَصَلَّى رَكْعَتَيْنِ رَكْعَتَيْنِ ثُمَّ قَالَ يَا أَهْلَ مَكَّةَ أَتِمُّوا فَإِنَّا قَوْمٌ سَفْرٌ ثُمَّ حَجَجْتُ مَعَ عُثْمَانَ وَاعْتَمَرْتُ فَصَلَّى رَكْعَتَيْنِ رَكْعَتَيْنِ ثُمَّ إِنَّ عُثْمَانَ أَتَمَّ ؓ  

[Machine] Abdullah bin Umar, O son of my brother, indeed Allah sent Muhammad, ﷺ , and we do not know anything except what we have seen the Messenger of Allah, ﷺ , doing. The shortening of prayer during travel is a Sunnah that the Messenger of Allah, ﷺ , established, and it was narrated by Al-Layth from Ibn Shihab from Abdullah bin Abu Bakr, and it was supported by a group narrating from Ibn Shihab, and they did not question its chain of narration.  

عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ يَا ابْنَ أَخِي إِنَّ اللهَ ﷻ أَرْسَلَ مُحَمَّدًا ﷺ وَلَا نَعْلَمُ شَيْئًا فَإِنَّمَا نَفْعَلُ مَا رَأَيْنَا رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَفْعَلُ وَقَصْرُ الصَّلَاةِ فِي السَّفَرِ سُنَّةٌ سَنَّهَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَرَوَاهُ اللَّيْثُ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ وَأَسْنَدَهُ جَمَاعَةٌ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ فَلَمْ يُقِيمُوا إِسْنَادَهُ