Hadith #152
Arabic Text
حَدَّثَنَا يُونُسُ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ يَعْنِي ابْنَ زَيْدٍ حَدَّثَنَا بِشْرُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ قَالَ سَأَلْتُ ابْنَ عُمَرَ كَيْفَ صَلَاةُ الْمُسَافِرِ يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ فَقَالَ أَمَّا أَنْتُمْ فَتَتَّبِعُونَ سُنَّةَ نَبِيِّكُمْ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَخ
ْبَرْتُكُمْ وَأَمَّا أَنْتُمْ لَا تَتَّبِعُونَ سُنَّةَ نَبِيِّكُمْ لَمْ أُخْبِرْكُمْ قَالَ قُلْنَا فَخَيْرُ السُّنَنِ سُنَّةُ نَبِيِّنَا صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ فَقَالَ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِذَا خَرَجَ مِنْ هَذِهِ الْمَدِينَةِ لَمْ يَزِدْ عَلَى رَكْعَتَيْنِ حَتَّى يَرْجِعَ إِلَيْهَا
Isnad Chain
يونس
حماد ي
ابن زيد
بشر بن حرب
English Translation
It was narrated from Ibn 'Umar (رضي الله عنهما) — via Yunus, from Hammad ibn Zayd, from Bishr ibn Harb — that he said: 'I asked Ibn 'Umar: "O Abu 'Abd al-Rahman, how does the traveler pray?" He said: "If you follow the sunnah of your Prophet (ﷺ), I will tell you. If you do not follow it, I will not tell you." We said: "The best of sunnahs is the sunnah of our Prophet (ﷺ), O Abu 'Abd al-Rahman." He said: "When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ departed from this city [Medina], he would not pray more than two rak'as until he returned to it."'
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Quran References
Reference: Musnad Ahmad, Book 15, Hadith 152
Sunnah.com ref: Musnad Ahmad 5790
Islam.wiki ID: IWH-42180