The Book of the Prayer of the Traveler and Its Shortening-02b

The Reciter: And Abu Bakr ibn Abi Shaybah and Abu Kuraib narrated to us, both saying: Abu Mu'awiyyah narrated to us. And Abu Kuraib and Abu Sa'id al-Ashaj narrated to us, with the wording belonging to Abu Kuraib, both saying: Waki' narrated to us, both of them from al-A'mash, from Habib ibn Abi Thabit, from Sa'id ibn Jubayr, from Ibn Abbas, who said: In the narration of Waki', it was said: I asked Ibn Abbas, "Why did he do that?" He said: "So that he would not cause hardship for his Ummah." And in the narration of Abu Mu'awiyyah, it was said to Ibn Abbas: "What was his intention in doing that?" He said: "He intended not to cause hardship for his Ummah."