Jami` at-Tirmidhi 554

Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.

Abd al-Samad ibn Sulayman told us: Zakariyya al-Lulu told us: Abu Bakr al-Ayn told us: Ali ibn al-Madini told us: Ahmad ibn Hanbal told us: Qutaybah told us this hadith, meaning the hadith of Muadh. The hadith of Muadh is hasan gharib. Qutaybah alone transmitted it; we know no one besides him who narrated it from al-Layth. The report of al-Layth, from Yazid ibn Abi Habib, from Abu al-Tufayl, from Muadh, is gharib. The well-known hadith of Muadh among scholars is the report of Abu al-Zubayr, from Abu al-Tufayl, from Muadh: the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, joined the noon and afternoon prayers, and the sunset and night prayers, during the expedition to Tabuk. Qurrah ibn Khalid, Sufyan al-Thawri, Malik, and more than one other narrator transmitted it from Abu al-Zubayr al-Makki. Al-Shafii follows this hadith. Ahmad and Ishaq say there is no harm in joining two prayers while traveling within the time of either one.