سنن دارمي
Sunan ad-Darimi
من كتاب الصللاةFrom the Book of Prayer
باب قَصْرِ الصَّلاَةِ في السَّفَرِ:Chapter: Shortening the prayer while traveling
Hadith 1548
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يُوسُفَ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ بْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ، قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ الزُّهْرِيَّ يَذْكُرُ، عَنْ عُرْوَةَ بْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ، قَالَتْ: "إِنَّ الصَّلَاةَ أَوَّلَ مَا فُرِضَتْ رَكْعَتَيْنِ فَأُقِرَّتْ صَلَاةُ السَّفَرِ، وَأُتِمَّتْ صَلَاةُ الْحَضَرِ" . فَقُلْتُ: مَا لَهَا كَانَتْ تُتِمُّ الصَّلَاةَ فِي السَّفَرِ ؟ قَالَ: إِنَّهَا تَأَوَّلَتْ كَمَا تَأَوَّلَ عُثْمَانُ.
Lady Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) said: When the prayer was first made obligatory, it was two rak‘ahs, which remained the same during travel, and was increased during residence (i.e., when not traveling). (Imam Zuhri said to Urwah): Then why did Lady Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) perform the full prayer during travel? He said: She held the same opinion as that of Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him).
