Muwatta Malik
Book 9, Hadith 20
Arabic hadith text
حَدَّثَنِي يَحْيَى، عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنْ عَطَاءٍ الْخُرَاسَانِيِّ، أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ سَعِيدَ بْنَ الْمُسَيَّبِ، قَالَ مَنْ أَجْمَعَ إِقَامَةً أَرْبَعَ لَيَالٍ وَهُوَ مُسَافِرٌ أَتَمَّ الصَّلاَةَ . قَالَ مَالِكٌ وَذَلِكَ أَحَبُّ مَا سَمِعْتُ إِلَىَّ . وَسُئِلَ مَالِكٌ عَنْ صَلاَةِ الأَسِيرِ فَقَالَ مِثْلُ صَلاَةِ الْمُقِيمِ إِلاَّ أَنْ يَكُونَ مُسَافِرًا .
Translation
Yahya related to me from Malik from Ata al-Khurasani that heheard Said ibn al Musayyab say, "A traveller who has decided to remainsomewhere for four nights does the prayer in full."
Maliksaid, "That is what I prefer most out of what I have heard."
Malik when asked about the prayer of a prisoner, said, "It is the sameas the prayer of a person who remains in one place, except if he istravelling."