Combining the Prophet’s (peace and blessings be upon him) leaving off the sunnah prayers while traveling with his performance of the night prayer while traveling

Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: A hadith has confused me. It was narrated that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) did not perform the sunnah prayers while traveling, and the hadith that passed us mentioned that he used to perform the night prayer while traveling. How do you reconcile these two?

Answer:
The sunnah prayers are the rawatib, the rawatib that accompany the obligatory prayers. These are the sunnah prayers. So when he shortened the prayer, he would leave off the rawatib, except for the Fajr rawatib. He did not leave off the Fajr rawatib, neither when resident nor when traveling. As for the rawatib that accompany the obligatory prayers, when he shortened the prayer, he would leave them off. Abdullah ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said, “If I were one who performs the sunnah prayers, I would not complete the prayer.” That is, if I were one who performs the rawatib, I would not complete the prayer. Allah lightens the burden for you, and you add to your own burden. Yes.