ذِكْرُ الْبَيَانِ بِأَنَّ قَوْلَهُ ﷺ «فَاقْبَلُوا صَدَقَةَ اللَّهِ»، أَرَادَ بِهِ الصَّدَقَةَ الَّتِي هِيَ الرُّخْصَةُ لِمَنْ أَتَى بِهَا دُونَ أَنْ تَكُونَ صَدَقَةَ حَتْمٍ لَا يَجُوزُ تَعَدِّيهَا
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 وَقَدْ ذَهَبَ هَذَا فَقَالَ عُمَرُ عَجِبْتُ مِمَّا عَجِبْتَ مِنْهُ فَذَكَرْتُ ذَلِكَ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ «هُوَ صَدَقَةٌ تَصَدَّقَ اللَّهُ بِهَا عَلَيْكُمْ فَاقْبَلُوا رُخْصَتُهُ»