Sunan Abi Dawud
Sunan Abi Dawud 1201
Arabic hadith text
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 .
Translation
Muhammad ibn Bashshar narrated to us: Muhammad ibn Jaʿfar narrated to us: Shuʿbah narrated to us, from Yahya ibn Yazid al-Hunaʾi, who said: I asked Anas ibn Malik about shortening the prayer. Anas said: ‘When the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) traveled a distance of three miles or three farsakhs—Shuʿbah was uncertain—he would pray two rakʿahs.’