“We were with Ibn ‘Umar on a journey,and he led us in prayer. Then we finished with him and he finishedturning around, and saw some people praying. He said: ‘What arethese people doing?’ I said: ‘Glorifying Allah.’* He said: ‘IfI wanted to glorify Allah (perform voluntary prayer) I would havecompleted my prayer. O son of my brother! I accompanied the Messengerof Allah (ﷺ) and he never prayed more than two Rak’ah when he wastraveling, until Allah took his soul. Then I accompanied Abu Bakr andhe never prayed more than two Rak’ah (when he was traveling), untilAllah took his soul. Then I accompanied ‘Umar and he never prayedmore than two Rak’ah, until Allah took his soul. Then I accompanied‘Uthman and he never prayed more than two Rak’ah, until Allahtook his soul. Allah says: ‘Indeed in the Messenger of Allah(Muhammad (ﷺ)) you have a good example to follow.’” [33:21]* Meaning, they were offering voluntary prayer.