Salat al-Musafir - al-Safar wa Ahkamuhu fi Daw al-Kitab wa al-Sunnah - Sa’id Ibn Wahf al-Qahtani - (56)

Eleventh: The Sunnah while travelling is to omit the regular supererogatory prayers (the rawātib) except for the two-rakʿah Sunnah of Fajr and the Witr prayer. This is supported by the report of Ḥafṣ ibn ʿĀṣim ibn ʿUmar ibn al-Khaṭṭāb, who said: “I accompanied Ibn ʿUmar on the road to Mecca. He led us in the Ẓuhr prayer as two rakʿahs, then he moved on and we moved with him until he reached his encampment. He sat down and we sat with him. He then glanced⦗1⦘ toward the place where he had prayed and noticed some people standing. He asked, ‘What are those people doing?’ I replied, ‘They are offering extra prayers.’ He said, ‘Had I wished to offer extra prayers, I would have completed my obligatory prayer. My dear nephew, I travelled with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and he never prayed more than two rakʿahs until Allah took him. I travelled with Abū Bakr and he never prayed more than two rakʿahs until Allah took him. I travelled with ʿUmar and he never prayed more than two rakʿahs until Allah took him. Then I travelled with ʿUthmān and he never prayed more than two rakʿahs until Allah took him. And Allah, Exalted be He, has said: “Indeed, in the Messenger of Allah you have an excellent example” (2). As for the Sunnah of Fajr,

(1) The intended point is that he only glanced back toward the spot where he had prayed; see al-Nawawi, Sharh Sahih Muslim, 5:204. (2) Agreed upon: al-Bukhari transmits it in similar wording in the Book of Shortening the Prayer, chapter “One who did not perform voluntary prayers while travelling after the obligatory prayer,” nos. 1101–1102, and Muslim cites it verbatim in the Book of the Prayer of Travelers, chapter “The prayer of travelers and its shortening,” no. 689.

الحادي عشر: السنة ترك الرواتب في السفر إلا سنة الفجر، والوتر؛ لحديث حفص بن عاصم بن عمر بن الخطاب، قال: صحبت ابن عمر في طريق مكة، قال: فصلى لنا الظهر ركعتين، ثم أقبل وأقبلنا معه حتى جاء رحله، وجلس وجلسنا معه، فحانت منه التفاتةٌ نحوَ (١) حيثُ صلى، فرأى ناسًا قيامًا، فقال: ما يصنع هؤلاء؟ قلت: يسبحون، قال: لو كنت مسبحًا أتممت صلاتي، يا ابن أخي إني صحبت رسول الله ﷺ في السفر فلم يزد على ركعتين حتى قبضه الله، وصحبت أبا بكر فلم يزد على ركعتين حتى قبضه الله، وصحبت عمر فلم يزد على ركعتين حتى قبضه الله، ثم صحبت عثمان فلم يزد على ركعتين حتى قبضه الله، وقد قال الله تعالى: ﴿لَقَدْ كَانَ لَكُمْ فِي رَسُولِ الله أُسْوَةٌ حَسَنَةٌ﴾ (٢). أما سنة الفجر،

(١) المقصود: حصلت منه التفاتةٌ إلى جهة المكان الذي صلَّى فيه. انظر: شرح النووي، ٥/ ٢٠٤. (٢) متفق عليه: البخاري بنحوه، كتاب التقصير، باب من لم يتطوع في السفر دبر الصلاة، برقم ١١٠١، ١١٠٢، ومسلم بلفظه، كتاب صلاة المسافرين، باب صلاة المسافرين وقصرها، برقم ٦٨٩.