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tabarani:11840Muḥammad b. ʿAbdūs b. Kāmil > Ibrāhīm b. Rāshid al-Adamī > Muḥammad b. Bilāl > ʿImrān al-Qaṭṭān > Qatādah > ʿIkrimah > Ibn ʿAbbās

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ prescribed two units of prayer during travel, just as he prescribed four units during being present.  

الطبراني:١١٨٤٠حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدُوسِ بْنِ كَامِلٍ ثنا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ رَاشِدٍ الْأَدَمِيُّ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بِلَالٍ ثنا عِمْرَانُ الْقَطَّانُ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

«افْتَرَضَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ رَكْعَتَيْنِ فِي السَّفَرِ كَمَا افْتَرَضَ أَرْبَعًا فِي الْحَضَرِ»  


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muslim:687aYaḥyá b. Yaḥyá And Saʿīd b. Manṣūr Waʾabū al-Rabīʿ Waqutaybah b. Saʿīd > Yaḥyá > al-Ākharūn > Abū ʿAwānah > Bukayr b. al-Akhnas > Mujāhid > Ibn ʿAbbās

Allah has prescribed the prayer through the word of your Prophet ﷺ as four rak'ahs when resident, two when travelling, and one when danger is present.  

مسلم:٦٨٧aحَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ يَحْيَى وَسَعِيدُ بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ وَأَبُو الرَّبِيعِ وَقُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ قَالَ يَحْيَى أَخْبَرَنَا وَقَالَ الآخَرُونَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَوَانَةَ عَنْ بُكَيْرِ بْنِ الأَخْنَسِ عَنْ مُجَاهِدٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

فَرَضَ اللَّهُ الصَّلاَةَ عَلَى لِسَانِ نَبِيِّكُمْ ﷺ فِي الْحَضَرِ أَرْبَعًا وَفِي السَّفَرِ رَكْعَتَيْنِ وَفِي الْخَوْفِ رَكْعَةً  

nasai:1532Qutaybah > Abū ʿAwānah > Bukayr b. al-Akhnas > Mujāhid > Ibn ʿAbbās

"Allah (SWT) enjoined the prayer on the tongue of your Prophet ﷺ: four (rak'ahs) while a resident, two rak'ahs while traveling, and one rak'ah during times of fear."  

النسائي:١٥٣٢أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَوَانَةَ عَنْ بُكَيْرِ بْنِ الأَخْنَسِ عَنْ مُجَاهِدٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

فَرَضَ اللَّهُ الصَّلاَةَ عَلَى لِسَانِ نَبِيِّكُمْ ﷺ فِي الْحَضَرِ أَرْبَعًا وَفِي السَّفَرِ رَكْعَتَيْنِ وَفِي الْخَوْفِ رَكْعَةً  

ibnmajah:1068Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Malik b. Abū al-Shawārib And Jubārah b. al-Mughallis > Abū ʿAwānah > Bukayr b. al-Akhnas > Mujāhid > Ibn ʿAbbās

“Allah enjoined the prayer upon the tongue of your Prophet ﷺ: Four Rak’ah while a resident and two Rak’ah when traveling.”  

ابن ماجة:١٠٦٨حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ بْنِ أَبِي الشَّوَارِبِ وَجُبَارَةُ بْنُ الْمُغَلِّسِ قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَوَانَةَ عَنْ بُكَيْرِ بْنِ الأَخْنَسِ عَنْ مُجَاهِدٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

افْتَرَضَ اللَّهُ الصَّلاَةَ عَلَى لِسَانِ نَبِيِّكُمْ ﷺ فِي الْحَضَرِ أَرْبَعًا وَفِي السَّفَرِ رَكْعَتَيْنِ  

ahmad:2293ʿAffān > Abū ʿAwānah > Bukayr b. al-Akhnas > Mujāhid > Ibn ʿAbbās

Allah, the Exalted, prescribed prayer for you, through the tongue of your Prophet ﷺ, four rak'ahs while resident, two rak'ahs while travelling and one rak'ah in time of danger. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 1247)  

أحمد:٢٢٩٣حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَوَانَةَ حَدَّثَنَا بُكَيْرُ بْنُ الْأَخْنَسِ عَنْ مُجَاهِدٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

فَرَضَ اللهُ الصَّلاةَ عَلَى لِسَانِ نَبِيِّكُمْ فِي الْحَضَرِ أَرْبَعًا وَفِي السَّفَرِ رَكْعَتَيْنِ وَفِي الْخَوْفِ رَكْعَةً