The Book of Prayer - Travellers

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Ibn Abbas reported that during the journey for the expedition to Tabuk, the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) combined the prayers: the noon with the afternoon prayer, and the sunset with the night prayer. Sa'id asked Ibn Abbas what prompted him to do this. He replied, “He wanted that his community should not be put to hardship.”

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Muadh reported: We set out with the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) on the expedition to Tabuk, and he prayed the noon and afternoon prayers together, and the sunset and night prayers together.

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Muadh ibn Jabal reported that during the expedition to Tabuk, the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) combined the noon and afternoon prayers, and the sunset and night prayers. He was asked what prompted him to do this and replied that he wanted his community not to be put to hardship.

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Ibn Abbas reported that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) combined the noon and afternoon prayers and the sunset and night prayers in Medina, without fear or rain. In Waki's narration, Ibn Abbas was asked why he had done this, and he replied, “So that his community would not be put to hardship.” In Abu Mu'awiyah's narration, he said that the Prophet intended to spare his community hardship.

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Ibn Abbas reported: I prayed with the Prophet (ﷺ) eight rak'ahs together and seven rak'ahs together. I said, “Abu al-Sha'tha, I think he delayed the noon prayer and brought forward the afternoon prayer, and delayed the sunset prayer and brought forward the night prayer.” He said, “I think so too.”

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Ibn Abbas reported that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) prayed seven and eight rak'ahs in Medina: the noon and afternoon prayers together, and the sunset and night prayers together.

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Abdullah ibn Shaqiq reported: Ibn Abbas addressed us one day after the afternoon prayer until the sun set and the stars appeared. The people kept saying, “The prayer! The prayer!” A man from Banu Tamim persisted in repeating it. Ibn Abbas said, “May you be bereft of your mother! Are you teaching me the Sunnah?” Then he said, “I saw the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) combine the noon and afternoon prayers, and the sunset and night prayers.” Abdullah ibn Shaqiq said: I felt some doubt about this, so I went to Abu Hurayrah and asked him. He confirmed what Ibn Abbas had said.

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Abdullah ibn Shaqiq al-Uqayli reported: A man said to Ibn Abbas, “The prayer!” He remained silent. The man said it again, and Ibn Abbas remained silent. After the man repeated it a third time, Ibn Abbas said, “May you be bereft of your mother! Are you teaching us about prayer? We used to combine two prayers in the time of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ).”

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Abdullah reported that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “None of you should give Satan a share of himself by thinking that he must turn only to his right after prayer. I often saw the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) turn to his left.”

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A similar hadith was narrated from Al-A'mash through the same chain.

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Al-Suddi reported: I asked Anas whether I should turn to my right or left after prayer. He said, “I most often saw the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) turn to his right.”

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Anas reported that the Prophet (ﷺ) used to turn to his right at the end of the prayer.

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Al-Bara reported: When we prayed behind the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), we wished to stand on his right so that he would turn his face toward us at the end of the prayer. I heard him say, “My Lord, protect me from Your punishment on the Day You raise—or gather—Your servants.”

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This hadith was also narrated through the same chain by Mis'ar, but he did not mention the words, “so that he would turn his face toward us.”

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Abu Hurayrah reported that the Prophet (ﷺ) said: “When the prayer is called, there is no prayer except the obligatory prayer.” Warqa also narrated this hadith through the same chain.

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Abu Hurayrah reported that the Prophet (ﷺ) said: “When the prayer is commenced, there is no prayer except the obligatory prayer.”

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A similar hadith was narrated through the same chain by Ishaq.

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This hadith was narrated from Abu Hurayrah through another chain with similar wording. Hammad said: I later met Amr, who narrated it to me without attributing it directly to the Prophet (ﷺ).

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Abdullah ibn Malik ibn Buhaynah reported: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) passed by a man praying after the dawn prayer had been commenced and said something to him that we could not hear. When we finished, we gathered around the man and asked, “What did the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say to you?” He replied, “He said: It seems one of you is about to pray four rak'ahs for the dawn prayer.” Al-Qa'nabi reported it from Abdullah ibn Malik ibn Buhaynah, from his father. Muslim noted that the attribution “from his father” in this hadith is an error.

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Ibn Buhaynah reported: The dawn prayer had been commenced, and the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) saw a man praying while the muezzin was giving the iqamah. He said, “Are you praying four rak'ahs for dawn?”