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darimi:1550 – Muḥammad b. Yūsuf > Sufyān b. ʿUyaynah > al-Zuhrī > ʿUrwah b. al-Zubayr > ʿĀʾishah

[AI] "The prayer was initially ordained with two units (rak'ahs). Then the prayer of travel (safar) was established with a shortened form, while the prayer of residence (hadar) was performed in its complete form." So I asked, "What was the reason for completing the prayer during travel?" He (Uthman) said, "It was interpreted (or understood) in this way as Uthman had also interpreted it."

الدارمي:١٥٥٠ – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يُوسُفَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ بْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ الزُّهْرِيَّ يَذْكُرُ عَنْ عُرْوَةَ بْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

«إِنَّ الصَّلَاةَ أَوَّلَ مَا فُرِضَتْ رَكْعَتَيْنِ فَأُقِرَّتْ صَلَاةُ السَّفَرِ وَأُتِمَّتْ صَلَاةُ الْحَضَرِ» فَقُلْتُ مَا لَهَا كَانَتْ تُتِمُّ الصَّلَاةَ فِي السَّفَرِ؟ قَالَ إِنَّهَا تَأَوَّلَتْ كَمَا تَأَوَّلَ عُثْمَانُ

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bukhari:1090 – ʿAbdullāh b. Muḥammad > Sufyān > al-Zuhrī > ʿUrwah > ʿĀʾishah

"When the prayers were first enjoined they were of two rakʿat each. Later the prayer in a journey was kept as it was but the prayers for non-travelers were completed." Az-Zuhri said, "I asked ʿUrwa what made Aisha pray the full prayers (in journey)." He replied, "She did the same as ʿUthman did."

البخاري:١٠٩٠ – حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ ؓ

قَالَتِ الصَّلاَةُ أَوَّلُ مَا فُرِضَتْ رَكْعَتَيْنِ فَأُقِرَّتْ صَلاَةُ السَّفَرِ وَأُتِمَّتْ صَلاَةُ الْحَضَرِ قَالَ الزُّهْرِيُّ فَقُلْتُ لِعُرْوَةَ مَا بَالُ عَائِشَةَ تُتِمُّ قَالَ تَأَوَّلَتْ مَا تَأَوَّلَ عُثْمَانُ

muslim:685c – ʿAlī b. Khashram > Ibn ʿUyaynah > al-Zuhrī > ʿUrwah > ʿĀʾishah

The prayer was prescribed as consisting of two rak'ahs, the prayer in travelling remained the same, but the prayer at the place of residence was completed. (Zuhri said he asked 'Urwa why 'A'isha said prayer in the complete form during journey, and he replied that she interpreted the matter herself as 'Uthman did.)

مسلم:٦٨٥ج – وَحَدَّثَنِي عَلِيُّ بْنُ خَشْرَمٍ أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ

أَنَّ الصَّلاَةَ أَوَّلَ مَا فُرِضَتْ رَكْعَتَيْنِ فَأُقِرَّتْ صَلاَةُ السَّفَرِ وَأُتِمَّتْ صَلاَةُ الْحَضَرِ قَالَ الزُّهْرِيُّ فَقُلْتُ لِعُرْوَةَ مَا بَالُ عَائِشَةَ تُتِمُّ فِي السَّفَرِ قَالَ إِنَّهَا تَأَوَّلَتْ كَمَا تَأَوَّلَ عُثْمَانُ

abudawud:1198 – al-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:١١٩٨ – حَدَّثَنَا 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

nasai:453 – Isḥāq 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:٤٥٣ – أَخْبَرَنَا 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:455 – Qutaybah > 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:٤٥٥ – أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ عَنْ مَالِكٍ عَنْ صَالِحِ بْنِ كَيْسَانَ عَنْ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

فُرِضَتِ الصَّلاَةُ رَكْعَتَيْنِ رَكْعَتَيْنِ فَأُقِرَّتْ صَلاَةُ السَّفَرِ وَزِيدَ فِي صَلاَةِ الْحَضَرِ

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

[AI] 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:٢٥٩٦٧ – حَدَّثَنَا 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:2736 – al-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:٢٧٣٦ – أَخْبَرَنَا 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:2737 – Aḥmad b. ʿAbdullāh Biḥarrān > al-Nufaylī > ʿUbaydullāh b. ʿAmr > Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd > ʿUrwah > ʿĀʾishah

[AI] 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:٢٧٣٧ – أَخْبَرَنَا 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»

nasai-kubra:313 – Isḥāq 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:٣١٣ – أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

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

bayhaqi:5432 – [Chain 1] Abū Zakariyyā b. Abū Isḥāq al-Muzakkī > Abū al-ʿAbbās Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb > al-Rabīʿ b. Sulaymān > al-Shāfiʿī > Sufyān [Chain 2] Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥāfiẓ > Abū al-Walīd al-Faqīh > Muḥammad b. Isḥāq > Ibn Khashram > Sufyān > al-Zuhrī > ʿAmrah > ʿĀʾishah

[AI] The prayer was first mandated as two units of prayer, two units of prayer. It was then increased for the noon prayer, and the prayer for travel was reduced. I asked, "What about Aisha, did she complete the prayer?" He said, "She interpreted what Uthman interpreted." This is the wording of the hadith of Al-Shafi'i.

البيهقي:٥٤٣٢ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو زَكَرِيَّا بْنُ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ الْمُزَكِّي ثنا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ أنبأ الرَّبِيعُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ أنبأ الشَّافِعِيُّ أنبأ سُفْيَانُ ح وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ أَخْبَرَنِي أَبُو الْوَلِيدِ الْفَقِيهُ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ ثنا ابْنُ خَشْرَمٍ ثنا سُفْيَانُ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ عَمْرَةَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

أَوَّلُ مَا فُرِضَتِ الصَّلَاةُ رَكْعَتَيْنِ رَكْعَتَيْنِ فَزِيدَ فِي صَلَاةِ الْحَضَرِ وَأُقِرَّتْ صَلَاةُ السَّفَرِ قُلْتُ فَمَا شَأْنُ عَائِشَةَ كَانَتْ تُتِمُّ الصَّلَاةَ؟ قَالَ إِنَّهَا تَأَوَّلَتْ مَا تَأَوَّلَ عُثْمَانُ ؓ لَفْظُ حَدِيثِ الشَّافِعِيِّ

رَوَاهُ مُسْلِمٌ فِي الصَّحِيحِ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ خَشْرَمٍ وَرَوَاهُ الْبُخَارِيُّ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ

suyuti:673-111b – ʿĀʾishah > Faraḍ
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السيوطي:٦٧٣-١١١ب –

"عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ: فَرَضَ اللهُ - تَعَالَى- آيَةَ الصَّلَاةِ أَوَّلَ مَا فَرَضَهَا رَكْعَتَيْنِ ثُمَ أَتَمَّهَا لِلْحَاضِرِ، وَأُقِرَّتْ صَلَاةُ السَّفَرِ عَلَى الفَرِيضَةِ الأُولَى".

[عب] عبد الرازق [ش] ابن أبى شيبة