The Ruling on Praying the Regular Voluntary Prayers While Traveling
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He was asked, may Allah have mercy on him, about the prayer of the traveler: does it have a sunnah (recommended practice)? For Allah made the four-rak'ah prayer two rak'ahs as a mercy from Him upon His servants. So what is the evidence of the one who claims there is a sunnah? And 'Umar rebuked those who recited dhikr after the obligatory prayer. Is there a strengthening of the sunnah in some schools of jurisprudence, such as that of Abu Hanifah, while traveling? And was this transmitted from Abu Hanifah or not? He answered: As for what is established from the Prophet, it is the two rak'ahs of Fajr, to the extent that when he slept...
Answer:
He answered him. He answered: As for what is established from the Prophet, it is the two rak'ahs of Fajr. And he used to pray. That he used to pray voluntary prayers while traveling. Yes, a long time. Yes. Who? From, yes. Yes. So it is the two rak'ahs of Fajr, to the extent that when he and his Companions slept through them on their return from Khaybar, he and his Companions made them up with the obligatory prayer. And likewise standing in night prayer and witr, for it is established from him in the authentic hadiths that he used to pray on Sunan an-Nasa'i 744Sahih (Darussalam). As for the prayer before Dhuhr and after it, it was not transmitted from him that he did that while traveling, and he did not pray anything with it. And likewise, he used to pray two rak'ahs in Mina, two rak'ahs, and no one transmitted from him that he prayed anything with it. And Ibn 'Umar was the most knowledgeable of the people regarding the Sunnah and the most following of it. As for the scholars, they disagreed regarding the partners. And the correct view is that while traveling, the rawatib (regular voluntary prayers) are not prayed: not the sunnah of Dhuhr, nor Maghrib, nor 'Isha', nor 'Asr. As for Fajr, he used to be consistent with it while traveling and while resident. And likewise witr and tahajjud at night while traveling and while resident. And as for the Duha prayer, if he prays it while traveling, there is no harm, as the Prophet prayed it on the Day of the Conquest,
He was asked, may Allah have mercy on him, about the prayer of the traveler: does it have a sunnah (recommended practice)? For Allah made the four-rak'ah prayer two rak'ahs as a mercy from Him upon His servants. So what is the evidence of the one who claims there is a sunnah? And 'Umar rebuked those who recited dhikr after the obligatory prayer. Is there a strengthening of the sunnah in some schools of jurisprudence, such as that of Abu Hanifah, while traveling? And was this transmitted from Abu Hanifah or not? He answered: As for what is established from the Prophet
(peace and blessings be upon him) that he used to pray voluntary prayers while traveling
صلى الله عليه وسلم أنه كان يصلي في السفر من التطوعAnswer:
He answered him. He answered: As for what is established from the Prophet
(peace and blessings be upon him) that he used to pray voluntary prayers while traveling
صلى الله عليه وسلم أنه كان يصلي في السفر من التطوعfacing whatever direction it was facing, and he would pray witr atop it, but he did not pray the prescribed prayers atop it
أي وجهة توجهت به، ويوتر عليها، غير أنه لا يصلي عليها المكتوبة
Source
أجزاء من مجموع فتاوى ابن تيمية بتعليق ابن باز، بداية من : وسئل رحمه الله : هل تقضى السنن الرواتب ؟ — islamhouse.com (3:18)
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