صحيح ابن خزيمه
Sahih Ibn Khuzaymah
جماع أبواب الفريضة فى السفرChapters on Prayers while Traveling
(377) بَابُ ذِكْرِ الْخَبَرِ الْمُبَيِّنِ377 Chapter: Mentioning the Clarifying Report.
Hadith 944
نَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ نَصْرٍ ، وَعَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ الصَّبَّاحِ الْعَطَّارُ ، قَالَ أَحْمَدُ أَخْبَرَنَا ، وَقَالَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ : حَدَّثَنَا مَحْبُوبُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ ، حَدَّثَنَا دَاوُدُ ، عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ ، عَنْ مَسْرُوقٍ ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ ، قَالَتْ : " فَرْضُ صَلاةِ السَّفَرِ وَالْحَضَرِ رَكْعَتَيْنِ رَكْعَتَيْنِ ، فَلَمَّا أَقَامَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بِالْمَدِينَةِ زِيدَ فِي صَلاةِ الْحَضَرِ رَكْعَتَانِ رَكْعَتَانِ ، وَتُرِكَتْ صَلاةُ الْفَجْرِ بِطُولِ الْقِرَاءَةِ ، وَصَلاةُ الْمَغْرِبِ لأَنَّهَا وِتْرُ النَّهَارِ "
Lady Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) narrates that (in the beginning of Islam) two rak‘ahs of prayer were made obligatory in both travel and residence. Then, when the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) settled in Madinah Munawwarah, two rak‘ahs were added to the prayer in residence, while the Fajr prayer was kept at two rak‘ahs due to its lengthy recitation, and the Maghrib prayer was kept at three rak‘ahs because it is the witr (odd-numbered prayer) of the day.
