Jami' at-Tirmidhi
Jami` at-Tirmidhi 548
حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مَنِيعٍ، حَدَّثَنَا هُشَيْمٌ، أَخْبَرَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ الْحَضْرَمِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا أَنَسُ بْنُ مَالِكٍ، قَالَ خَرَجْنَا مَعَ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم مِنَ الْمَدِينَةِ إِلَى مَكَّةَ فَصَلَّى رَكْعَتَيْنِ . قَالَ قُلْتُ لأَنَسٍ كَمْ أَقَامَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم بِمَكَّةَ قَالَ عَشْرًا . قَالَ وَفِي الْبَابِ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ وَجَابِرٍ . قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى حَدِيثُ أَنَسٍ حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ . وَقَدْ رُوِيَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم أَنَّهُ أَقَامَ فِي بَعْضِ أَسْفَارِهِ تِسْعَ عَشْرَةَ يُصَلِّي رَكْعَتَيْنِ . قَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ فَنَحْنُ إِذَا أَقَمْنَا مَا بَيْنَنَا وَبَيْنَ تِسْعَ عَشْرَةَ صَلَّيْنَا رَكْعَتَيْنِ وَإِنْ زِدْنَا عَلَى ذَلِكَ أَتْمَمْنَا الصَّلاَةَ . وَرُوِيَ عَنْ عَلِيٍّ أَنَّهُ قَالَ مَنْ أَقَامَ عَشَرَةَ أَيَّامٍ أَتَمَّ الصَّلاَةَ . وَرُوِيَ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ أَنَّهُ قَالَ مَنْ أَقَامَ خَمْسَةَ عَشَرَ يَوْمًا أَتَمَّ الصَّلاَةَ . وَقَدْ رُوِيَ عَنْهُ ثِنْتَىْ عَشْرَةَ . وَرُوِيَ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيَّبِ أَنَّهُ قَالَ إِذَا أَقَامَ أَرْبَعًا صَلَّى أَرْبَعًا . وَرَوَى عَنْهُ ذَلِكَ قَتَادَةُ وَعَطَاءٌ الْخُرَاسَانِيُّ . وَرَوَى عَنْهُ دَاوُدُ بْنُ أَبِي هِنْدٍ خِلاَفَ هَذَا . وَاخْتَلَفَ أَهْلُ الْعِلْمِ بَعْدُ فِي ذَلِكَ فَأَمَّا سُفْيَانُ الثَّوْرِيُّ وَأَهْلُ الْكُوفَةِ فَذَهَبُوا إِلَى تَوْقِيتِ خَمْسَ عَشْرَةَ وَقَالُوا إِذَا أَجْمَعَ عَلَى إِقَامَةِ خَمْسَ عَشْرَةَ أَتَمَّ الصَّلاَةَ . وَقَالَ الأَوْزَاعِيُّ إِذَا أَجْمَعَ عَلَى إِقَامَةِ ثِنْتَىْ عَشْرَةَ أَتَمَّ الصَّلاَةَ . وَقَالَ مَالِكُ بْنُ أَنَسٍ وَالشَّافِعِيُّ وَأَحْمَدُ إِذَا أَجْمَعَ عَلَى إِقَامَةِ أَرْبَعَةٍ أَتَمَّ الصَّلاَةَ . وَأَمَّا إِسْحَاقُ فَرَأَى أَقْوَى الْمَذَاهِبِ فِيهِ حَدِيثَ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ لأَنَّهُ رَوَى عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم ثُمَّ تَأَوَّلَهُ بَعْدَ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم إِذَا أَجْمَعَ عَلَى إِقَامَةِ تِسْعَ عَشْرَةَ أَتَمَّ الصَّلاَةَ . ثُمَّ أَجْمَعَ أَهْلُ الْعِلْمِ عَلَى أَنَّ الْمُسَافِرَ يَقْصُرُ مَا لَمْ يُجْمِعْ إِقَامَةً وَإِنْ أَتَى عَلَيْهِ سِنُونَ .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Yahya ibn Abi Ishaq al-Hadrami narrated that Anas ibn Malik said: We traveled with the Prophet from Madinah to Makkah, and he prayed two units. I asked Anas, How long did the Messenger of Allah stay in Makkah? He said, Ten days. Reports on this topic are also narrated from Ibn Abbas and Jabir. Abu Isa said: The hadith of Anas is hasan sahih. It is also reported from Ibn Abbas that the Prophet stayed for nineteen days on one of his journeys and prayed two units. Ibn Abbas said: When we stayed for a period up to nineteen days, we prayed two units; if we stayed longer, we completed the prayer. It is reported from Ali that he said: Whoever stays ten days completes the prayer. It is reported from Ibn Umar that he said: Whoever stays fifteen days completes the prayer; another report from him says twelve days. It is reported from Said ibn al-Musayyib that he said: If someone stays four days, he prays four units. Qatadah and Ata al-Khurasani transmitted this from him, while Dawud ibn Abi Hind transmitted a contrary view. Later, the people of knowledge differed on this. Sufyan al-Thawri and the people of Kufah set the period at fifteen days and said that one who intends to stay fifteen days completes the prayer. Al-Awzai said that one who intends to stay twelve days completes the prayer. Malik ibn Anas, al-Shafii, and Ahmad said that one who intends to stay four days completes the prayer. Ishaq considered the hadith of Ibn Abbas the strongest position, because Ibn Abbas narrated it from the Prophet and then interpreted it after the Prophet as meaning that one who intends to stay nineteen days completes the prayer. The people of knowledge agreed that a traveler may shorten the prayer as long as he does not intend to settle, even if years pass.
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The compiler records several differing thresholds for when a traveler who intends to stay completes the prayer. The final sentence distinguishes intended residence from a prolonged stay without such an intention.
وَاخْتَلَفَ أَهْلُ الْعِلْمِ بَعْدُ فِي ذَلِكَ فَأَمَّا سُفْيَانُ الثَّوْرِيُّ وَأَهْلُ الْكُوفَةِ فَذَهَبُوا إِلَى تَوْقِيتِ خَمْسَ عَشْرَةَ وَقَالُوا إِذَا أَجْمَعَ عَلَى إِقَامَةِ خَمْسَ عَشْرَةَ أَتَمَّ الصَّلاَةَ .
The Arabic summarizes differing legal thresholds for completing prayer when a stay is intended.
Should these stay-duration positions be presented with explicit inclusive or exclusive boundaries?