(His prayer in travel) A four rak’as prayer is shortened to two rak’as in travel whether in the case of fear or safety according to the Sharia. The legality of “taqseer or qasr”[1] has been proved by the Quran, the Sunna and the consensus of the umma. Allah has said: “And when you journey in the earth, there is no blame on you if you shorten the prayer, if you fear that those who disbelieve will cause you distress. Quran, 4:101” Ya’la bin Umayya narrated that he had asked Umar: “Why do we shorten prayers though we have felt safe?” Umar said: “I have wondered at what you have wondered at and once I asked the messenger of Allah about it. He said: “It is a charity that Allah has endowed you with. Accept His charity!”[2] Ibn Umar said:[3] “I often accompanied the messenger of Allah (s) in travel. He did not offer more than two rak’as (in travel) until he left to the better world. I accompanied Umar (in travel). He did not offer more than two rak’as until he died. I accompanied Othman. He did not offer more than two rak’as.”[4] Allah has said: “Certainly you have in the Messenger of Allah an excellent exemplar. Quran, 33:21” Ibn Shayba narrated that the Prophet (s) had said: “The best believers of my umma are they who witness that there is no god but Allah and that Muhammad is the messenger of Allah and who when doing good they become pleased, when doing wrong they ask Allah to forgive them and when traveling they shorten their prayers.” Anass bin Malik said: “Once we traveled with the Prophet (s) from Medina to Mecca. He offered two rak’as two rak’as until we returned.”[5] [1] Shortening prayers during travels. [2] Sahih of Muslim, vol.1 p.258. [3] As in Sahih of Muslim, vol.1 p.295. [4] So did Othman during the first six or nine years of his caliphate but after that he offered full (four rak’as) prayers in travel until he died. We will mention this soon inshallah. [5] Sahihs of al-Bukhari and Muslim.
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