The Book of the Prayer of the Traveler and Its Shortening-01b

The reciter: And Muhammad ibn Manhal al-Darrir narrated it to us, saying: Yazid ibn Zura' narrated to us, saying: Sa'id ibn Abi Arubah narrated to us. And Muhammad ibn al-Muthanna narrated to us, saying: Mu'adh ibn Hisham narrated to us, saying: My father narrated to us, both of them from Qatadah, with this chain of narration, to the same effect.

The Shaykh : And in a narration of it, there is a remainder , and the context of the hadith indicates this. He said (may Allah be pleased with him): "Indeed, this is the sunnah of Abu al-Qasim," meaning by that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him and his family). And based on this, if the traveler prays behind an imam who completes the prayer, it is obligatory for him to complete it. And if he prays alone, it is obligatory for him—no, it is not obligatory; shortening is permissible for him, and this is the sunnah. If someone asks: "Which is better, that I go and pray four rak'ahs with the imam, or that I pray two rak'ahs alone?" We say: The first. The first is better because you are invited to pray with the congregation. But if you miss it, pray two rak'ahs. If someone asks: "If he catches up with the imam in two rak'ahs of the four, does he say the taslim with the imam?" We say: No, rather he completes four, based on the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family): And this generality includes this case. If someone asks: "If he catches up with the imam in the final tashahhud, does he complete four or pray two?" The first, also, due to the generality of . As for the statement of those who say that if he catches up with one rak'ah or more, he completes, and if he catches up with less than that, he does not complete, this is weak. And it is not possible to say that this falls under the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): because this generality contains a generality that is more specific than it, which is: The first is general, and this is specific to the one who prays with the imam, so it is more deserving of being prioritized. Yahya?