4 - Chapter: Abandoning Voluntary Prayers While Traveling

1457 - Ahmad ibn Yahya informed us, saying: Abu Nu'aym narrated to us, saying: Al-'Ala' ibn Zuhayr narrated to us, saying: Wabarah ibn 'Abd al-Rahman narrated to us:

Ibn 'Umar would not add anything to the two rak'ahs while traveling—he would not pray before them nor after them. So it was said to him: "What is this?" He said: "This is how I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ do it."(1)

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= (422), and what al-Hafiz Ibn Hajar said in "Al-Talkhis al-Habir" 2/44. It is in "Al-Sunan al-Kubra" under number (1927).

It was also narrated by al-Tahawi in "Sharh Mushkil al-Athar" (4258), al-Daraqutni in "Al-Sunan" (2295), and al-Bayhaqi in "Al-Sunan" 3/142 via the chain of Abu Nu'aym al-Fadl ibn Dukayn, with this chain of transmission.

It was also narrated by al-Daraqutni (2294) and al-Bayhaqi 3/142 via the chain of al-Qasim ibn al-Hakam, from al-'Ala' ibn Zuhayr, with it.

It was also narrated by al-Tahawi (4259), al-Daraqutni (2293), and al-Bayhaqi 3/142 via the chain of Muhammad ibn Yusuf al-Firyabi, and also by al-Daraqutni and al-Bayhaqi via the chain of Muhammad ibn Ibrahim ibn Kathir al-Suri—both from al-'Ala' ibn Zuhayr, from 'Abd al-Rahman ibn al-Aswad, from his father, from 'A'ishah, with it. In it, the 'Umrah was in Ramadan.

Several scholars have deemed this wording objectionable, among them Ibn al-Qayyim in "Zad al-Ma'ad" 2/93 and Ibn 'Abd al-Hadi in "Tanqih al-Tahqiq" 2/519, and they cited as evidence the two hadiths of Ibn 'Abbas and 'A'ishah in Ibn Majah (2996) and (2997): "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ did not perform 'Umrah except in Dhu al-Qa'dah."

Al-Daraqutni authenticated in "Al-Sunan" (2298) the hadith of 'A'ishah that the Prophet ﷺ would shorten the prayer while traveling and complete it, and would break the fast and fast.

It is authentically established from him ﷺ that he would fast while traveling and break the fast, and that has been narrated from 'Abdullah ibn 'Amr ibn al-'As as in the "Musnad" of Ahmad (6679), where its supporting evidences are mentioned.

(1) Its chain of transmission is authentic. Ahmad ibn Yahya: he is Ibn Zakariyya al-Awdi, and Abu Nu'aym: he is al-Fadl ibn Dukayn. It is in "Al-Sunan al-Kubra" under number (1928).

It was also narrated by Ahmad (4675), (4962), and (5012), and Ibn Hibban (2753) via the chain of 'Uthman ibn =