4/2. Chapter:
Sunan Abi Dawud 1201 — Prayer (Kitab Al-Salat): Detailed Rules of Law about the Prayer during Journey
When Should The Traveler Shorten The Prayer?
Sunan Abi Dawud : 1201
Sunan Abi DawudHadith Number 1201
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ، حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ، حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ يَزِيدَ الْهُنَائِيِّ، قَالَ سَأَلْتُ أَنَسَ بْنَ مَالِكٍ عَنْ قَصْرِ الصَّلاَةِ، فَقَالَ أَنَسٌ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم إِذَا خَرَجَ مَسِيرَةَ ثَلاَثَةِ أَمْيَالٍ أَوْ ثَلاَثَةِ فَرَاسِخَ - شُعْبَةُ شَكَّ - يُصَلِّي رَكْعَتَيْنِ .
Yahya b. Yazid al-Hannani Narrated from:
I asked Anas b. Malik about the shortening of the prayer (while travelling). He said: When the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) went out on a journey of three miles or three farsakh (the narrator Shu'bah doubted), he used to pray two rak'ahs.
[1] They say a Farsakh is about three miles ( Amyāl ). As for mile ( Mīl ) they say it is the distance where one's sight ends, or the limit that one can see a person on a level surface of land, and not recognize whether it is a male or a female, or whether they are coming or going, and some of the present day scholars say it is 1680 meters.Reference : Sunan Abi Dawud 1201In-book reference : Book 4, Hadith 4English translation : Book 4, Hadith 1197
