Sunan Abi Dawud

Sunan Abi Dawud 1211

Arabic hadith text

حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا الأَعْمَشُ، عَنْ حَبِيبِ بْنِ أَبِي ثَابِتٍ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ، قَالَ جَمَعَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم بَيْنَ الظُّهْرِ وَالْعَصْرِ وَالْمَغْرِبِ وَالْعِشَاءِ بِالْمَدِينَةِ مِنْ غَيْرِ خَوْفٍ وَلاَ مَطَرٍ ‏.‏ فَقِيلَ لاِبْنِ عَبَّاسٍ مَا أَرَادَ إِلَى ذَلِكَ قَالَ أَرَادَ أَنْ لاَ يُحْرِجَ أُمَّتَهُ ‏.‏

Translation

ʿUthman ibn Abi Shaybah narrated to us: Abu Muʿawiyah narrated to us: al-Aʿmash narrated to us, from Habib ibn Abi Thabit, from Saʿid ibn Jubayr, from Ibn ʿAbbas, who said: ‘The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) combined the noon and afternoon prayers, and the sunset and night prayers, in Medina without fear or rain.’ Ibn ʿAbbas was asked: ‘What did he intend by that?’ He replied: ‘He intended not to cause hardship for his community.’