Scholarly disagreement on the distance for shortening the prayer and the stronger position in that

Question:
May Allah reward you with good and do you good. He has a lengthy question, the summary of which is that, as he mentions, the disagreement is extensive regarding the issue of shortening the prayer and the distance at which a Muslim is permitted to shorten it. Some say eighty kilometers, some say eighty-four, and some say less or more. Consequently, he asks you for the stronger position in this issue. May Allah reward you with good.

Answer:
Yes, the scholars differed regarding the travel in which the prayer is shortened. Some say it is any journey called travel, where one carries provisions for it, without regard to the distance. Some hold that it is defined by a two-day journey for a mount, which corresponds to approximately eighty kilometers in modern distances. Some define it by a three-day journey for a mount. Each has his perspective. Those who defined it by two days, intending a specific duration, cited as evidence the hadith in which the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: . The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) considered a two-day journey to be travel that requires a mahram (a relative one may not marry). This indicates that the considered distance is a two-day journey for a mount. This is the position of the Hanbali school, and it is the position upon which practice and fatwa are based in this land, praise be to Allah.