السنن الكبرى للبيهقي
Sunan al-Kubra al-Bayhaqi
كتاب الصلاة
Book of Prayer
باب: التخفيف في ترك التطوع في السفر
The concession to leave voluntary prayers while travelling
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أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَلِيٍّ الرُّوذْبَارِيُّ، أنبأ أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ دَاسَةَ، ثنا أَبُو دَاوُدَ، ثنا الْقَعْنَبِيُّ، ثنا عِيسَى بْنُ حَفْصِ بْنِ عَاصِمِ بْنِ عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ: صَحِبْتُ ابْنَ عُمَرَ فِي طَرِيقِ مَكَّةَ، قَالَ: فَصَلَّى بِنَا رَكْعَتَيْنِ، ثُمَّ أَقْبَلَ فَرَأَى نَاسًا قِيَامًا، فَقَالَ: " مَا يَصْنَعُ هَؤُلَاءِ؟ قُلْتُ: يُسَبِّحُونَ، قَالَ: لَوْ كُنْتُ مُسَبِّحًا أَتْمَمْتُ صَلَاتِي، يَا ابْنَ أَخَى، إِنِّي صَحِبْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِي السَّفَرِ فَلَمْ يَزِدْ عَلَى رَكْعَتَيْنِ حَتَّى قَبَضَهُ اللهُ، وَصَحِبْتُ أَبَا بَكْرٍ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ فَلَمْ يَزِدْ عَلَى رَكْعَتَيْنِ حَتَّى قَبَضَهُ اللهُ، وَصَحِبْتُ عُمَرَ فَلَمْ يَزِدْ عَلَى رَكْعَتَيْنِ حَتَّى قَبَضَهُ اللهُ، وَصَحِبْتُ عُثْمَانَ فَلَمْ يَزِدْ عَلَى رَكْعَتَيْنِ حَتَّى قَبَضَهُ اللهُ، وَقَدْ قَالَ اللهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ {لَقَدْ كَانَ لَكُمْ فِي رَسُولِ اللهِ أُسْوَةٌ حَسَنَةٌ} [الأحزاب: ٢١] ". رَوَاهُ مُسْلِمٌ فِي الصَّحِيحِ عَنِ الْقَعْنَبِيِّ، وَأَخْرَجَهُ الْبُخَارِيُّ مِنْ وَجْهٍ آخَرَ عَنْ عِيسَى بْنِ حَفْصٍ.
Isa bin Hafs bin Asim bin Umar bin al-Khattab narrates from his father that he said: I was with Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) on the road to Makkah. He led us in two rak'ahs, then turned and saw people standing. He asked: "What are these people doing?" I said: "They are praying voluntary prayers." He said: "O my nephew! If I were going to pray voluntary prayers, I would have completed my prayer. I was with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) on a journey, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) did not pray more than two rak'ahs, until Allah took his (peace and blessings be upon him) soul. I was with Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him), Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) and Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him), and they did not pray more than two rak'ahs on a journey, until Allah took their souls." Allah Almighty says: "Indeed, in the Messenger of Allah you have an excellent example." [Surah al-Ahzab: 21]
أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو أَحْمَدَ الْمِهْرَجَانِيُّ، أنبأ أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ، ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، ثنا ابْنُ بُكَيْرٍ، ثنا مَالِكٌ، عَنْ نَافِعٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ " أَنَّهُ لَمْ يَكُنْ يُصَلِّي مَعَ الْفَرِيضَةِ فِي السَّفَرِ شَيْئًا قَبْلَهَا وَلَا بَعْدَهَا إِلَّا مِنْ جَوْفِ اللَّيْلِ، فَإِنَّهُ كَانَ يُصَلِّي عَلَى بَعِيرِهِ أَوْ عَلَى رَاحِلَتِهِ حَيْثُ مَا تَوَجَّهَتْ بِهِ ".
Nafi' narrates from Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) that on a journey he would not pray anything with the obligatory prayers, neither before them nor after them; he would only pray the night prayer (tahajjud), and that too on his mount, whichever direction it faced.
