صحيح مسلم
Muslim
كتاب صلاة المسافرين وقصرهاThe Book of Prayer - Travellers
باب صَلاَةِ الْمُسَافِرِينَ وَقَصْرِهَا:Chapter: The travelers’ prayer and shortening it
Hadith 692
حَدَّثَنَا زُهَيْرُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ ، وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ جميعا ، عَنِ ابْنِ مَهْدِيٍّ ، قَالَ زُهَيْرٌ : حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ مَهْدِيٍّ ، حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ ، عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ خُمَيْرٍ ، عَنْ حَبِيبِ بْنِ عُبَيْدٍ ، عَنْ جُبَيْرِ بْنِ نُفَيْرٍ ، قَالَ : " خَرَجْتُ مَعَ شُرَحْبِيلَ بْنِ السِّمْطِ إِلَى قَرْيَةٍ عَلَى رَأْسِ سَبْعَةَ عَشَرَ أَوْ ثَمَانِيَةَ عَشَرَ مِيلًا ، فَصَلَّى رَكْعَتَيْنِ " ، فَقُلْتُ لَهُ : فَقَالَ : رَأَيْتُ عُمَرَ صَلَّى بِذِي الْحُلَيْفَةِ رَكْعَتَيْنِ ، فَقُلْتُ لَهُ : فَقَالَ : إِنَّمَا أَفْعَلُ كَمَا رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَفْعَلُ .
Jubair bin Nufair reported: I went along with Shurahbil bin al-Simt to a village which was situated at a distance of seventeen or eighteen miles, and he said only two rak'ahs of prayer. I said to him (about it) and he said: I saw 'Umar observing two rak'ahs at Dhu'l-Hulaifa and I (too) said to him (about it) and he said: I am doing the same as I saw the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) doing. (This hadith has been transmitted by Shu'bah with the same chain of narrators and it is narrated from Simt, and the name of Shurahbil has not been mentioned, and he said that he had gone to a place called Dumin, situated at a distance of eighteen miles from Hims.)
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وحَدَّثَنِيهِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى ، حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ ، بِهَذَا الإِسْنَادِ ، وَقَالَ : عَنِ ابْنِ السِّمْطِ وَلَمْ يُسَمِّ شُرَحْبِيلَ ، وَقَالَ : إِنَّهُ أَتَى أَرْضًا ، يُقَالُ لَهَا : دُومِينَ مِنْ حِمْصَ ، عَلَى رَأْسِ ثَمَانِيَةَ عَشَرَ مِيلًا .
This hadith has been transmitted by Shu'bah with the same chain of narrators and it is narrated from Simt, and the name of Shurahbil has not been mentioned, and he said that he had gone to a place called Dumin, situated at a distance of eighteen miles from Hims.
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Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Maulana Abdul Aziz Alvi
Hadith Commentary: Benefits and Issues: It has already been mentioned above that Dhu’l-Hulayfah was not the final destination of the journey of the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam), such that he (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) did not go beyond it. During the journey, at various times, he (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) stayed there temporarily and performed shortened prayers (qasr), because he (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) was a traveler, and a traveler, when coming or going, may perform shortened prayers outside the populated area.
Source: Tuhfat al-Muslim: Commentary on Sahih Muslim, Page: 1584
