returned. [This] is agreed upon (47). The people of knowledge are in consensus that whoever travels a journey in which prayer is shortened—whether for Hajj, 'Umrah, or Jihad—has the right to shorten the four-rak'ah prayer, performing it as two rak'ahs.
266 - Issue: He said: "And when the distance of his journey is sixteen farsakhs, or forty-eight miles according to the Hashimi [measurement], he is entitled [to shorten]."
Al-Athram said: Abu 'Abd Allah was asked: "In what [distance] is prayer shortened?" He said: "In four burud."
(47) The first [tradition] was recorded by al-Bukhari, in: The Chapter on Whoever Does Not Perform Voluntary Prayer During Travel After or Before Prayer, from the Book of Shortening, Sahih al-Bukhari 2/57; and Muslim, in: The Chapter on the Prayer of Travelers and its Shortening, from the Book of Travelers, Sahih Muslim 1/479, 480. It was also recorded by Abu Dawud, in: The Chapter on Voluntary Prayer During Travel, from the Book of Travel, Sunan Abi Dawud 1/279; al-Tirmidhi, in: The Chapter on What Has Been Reported Regarding Shortening in Travel, from the Chapters of Prayer, 'Aridat al-Ahwadhi 3/14; al-Nasa'i, in: The Chapter on Abandoning Voluntary Prayer During Travel, from the Book of Travel, al-Mujtaba 3/101; Ibn Majah, in: The Chapter on Voluntary Prayer During Travel, from the Book of Establishing Prayer, Sunan Ibn Majah 1/340; and Imam Ahmad, in: al-Musnad 2/31, 44, 45, 56. The second [tradition] was recorded by al-Bukhari, in: The Chapter on Prayer at Mina, from the Book of Shortening, and in: The Chapter on Prayer at Mina, from the Book of Hajj, Sahih al-Bukhari 2/53, 54, 197, 198; and Muslim, in: The Chapter on Shortening Prayer at Mina, from the Book of Travelers, Sahih Muslim 1/483. It was also recorded by Abu Dawud, in: The Chapter on Prayer at Mina, from the Book of Rituals, Sunan Abi Dawud 1/454; al-Darimi, in: The Chapter on Prayer at Mina, from the Book of Rituals, Sunan al-Darimi 2/55; and Imam Ahmad, in: al-Musnad 1/416, 425, 464. The third [tradition] was recorded by al-Bukhari, in: The Chapter on the Stay of the Prophet (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) in Makkah during the Conquest, from the Book of Expeditions, Sahih al-Bukhari 5/190, 191; and Muslim, in: The Chapter on the Prayer of Travelers and its Shortening, from the Book of Travelers, Sahih Muslim 1/481, 482. It was also recorded by Abu Dawud, in: The Chapter on When the Traveler Completes [the Prayer], from the Book of Travel, Sunan Abi Dawud 1/280; al-Tirmidhi, in: The Chapter on What Has Been Reported Regarding Shortening the Prayer, from the Chapters of Prayer, 'Aridat al-Ahwadhi 3/18; al-Nasa'i, in: The Chapter on Shortening the Prayer in Travel, and the Chapter on the Stay in which one Shortens the Prayer, from the Book of Travel, al-Mujtaba 3/96, 97, 100; Ibn Majah, in: The Chapter on How Much the Traveler Shortens the Prayer if He Stays in a Town, from the Book of Establishing Prayer, Sunan Ibn Majah 1/342; and al-Darimi, in: The Chapter on One Who Intends to Stay in a Town and How Long He Stays Before Shortening the Prayer, from the Book of Prayer, Sunan al-Darimi 1/355. (1) In A: "And the farsakh is three miles, so it becomes." To follow. (2) Omitted from A. (3) In A: "Shortening."
