Explanation of the Book of Prayer and Its Times-01a

The reciter: Abdullah ibn Yusuf narrated to us, saying: Malik informed us from Salih ibn Kaysan from Urwah ibn al-Zubayr from Aishah, the Mother of the Believers, who said: .

The Shaykh : The apparent meaning of this hadith is that the prayer of travel being two rak'ahs was based on the original ruling, and not a shortening of it. However, in the Qur'an it says: This indicates that the original ruling for it is the greater number. But the apparent meaning is that this does not contradict the Qur'an, because of His saying, the Exalted: meaning you traveled meaning the prayer of residence, which is four. Some scholars have used this hadith as evidence that shortening is obligatory. He said: Because if he increases beyond two while he is a traveler, he has increased beyond what is prescribed, and it would be like one who increases beyond four in residence. There is no doubt that this is a strong reasoning and a strong argument, were it not for one hadith, which is that the Companions (may Allah be pleased with them) disapproved of the Commander of the Faithful, Uthman ibn Affan, completing the prayer in Mina, and they followed him in that. They did not consider their following him to invalidate their prayers. If the obligation for the traveler were to pray two rak'ahs, they would not have permitted themselves to exceed that by following the imam. The correct view is that, based on this hadith, shortening is not obligatory, but it is undoubtedly a confirmed sunnah. We can say that completing the prayer is disliked, due to the disapproval of the Companions. The disapproval of the Companions indicates that it is either disliked or forbidden, but their following of Uthman indicates that shortening is not obligatory. Yes, yes, O Salim.