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tabarani:6677ʿAlī b. ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz > al-Qaʿnabī > ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz b. Muḥammad > Saʿd b. Saʿīd al-Anṣārī > al-Sāʾib b. Yazīd

[Machine] Al-Qa'nabi narrated from Abd al-Aziz bin Muhammad, from Saad bin Sa'eed al-Ansari, from Saib bin Yazid who said, "The prayer was initially obligated as two units, two units. Then, it was increased for the prayer of residents while the prayer of travelers was shortened."  

الطبراني:٦٦٧٧حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ

ثنا الْقَعْنَبِيُّ ثنا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ الْأَنْصَارِيِّ عَنِ السَّائِبِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ قَالَ «فُرِضَتِ الصَّلَاةُ رَكْعَتَيْنِ رَكْعَتَيْنِ ثُمَّ زِيدَ فِي صَلَاةِ الْحَضَرِ وَأُقِرَّتْ صَلَاةُ السَّفَرِ»  


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tabarani:6676ʿAlī b. al-Mubārak al-Ṣanʿānī > Ismāʿīl b. Abū Ūways > Sulaymān b. Bilāl > Saʿd b. Saʿīd > al-Sāʾib b. Yazīd al-Kindī Ibn Ukht al-Namir

[Machine] I heard Al-Sa'ib bin Yazid Al-Kindi, the son of the daughter of Al-Namir, saying, "Prayer was initially prescribed as two units of prayer, then it was increased during the Salah of Al-Hadar (residing) and the prayer of Al-Safar (travel) was made shorter."  

الطبراني:٦٦٧٦حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْمُبَارَكِ الصَّنْعَانِيُّ ثنا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ أَبِي أُوَيْسٍ حَدَّثَنِي سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ بِلَالٍ عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ السَّائِبَ بْنَ يَزِيدَ الْكِنْدِيَّ ابْنَ أُخْتِ النَّمِرِ يَقُولُ «فُرِضَتِ الصَّلَاةُ رَكْعَتَيْنِ رَكْعَتَيْنِ ثُمَّ زِيدَ فِي صَلَاةِ الْحَضَرِ وَأُقِرَّتْ صَلَاةُ السَّفَرِ»