ibn Sa‘īd al-Ansārī, from Nāfi‘, who mentioned that Ibn ‘Umar travelled for nearly a quarter of the night, then dismounted and prayed. He also narrated it through al-Dāraqutnī: Ibn Sā‘id and al-Naysābūrī narrated to us: al-‘Abbās ibn al-Walīd ibn Yazīd narrated to us: ‘Umar ibn Muhammad ibn Zayd informed me: Nāfi‘, the freedman of ‘Abd Allāh ibn ‘Umar, narrated to me, from Ibn ‘Umar:

He was travelling from Mecca when news reached him concerning Safiyyah bint Abī ‘Ubayd, so he hastened his journey. When the sun had set, one of his companions said to him: “The prayer!” He remained silent and continued travelling for an hour. His companion again said to him: “The prayer!” Then the man who had said “The prayer!” remarked: “He must know something about this that I do not know.”

He continued travelling until an hour after the twilight had disappeared, then dismounted and gave the call to commence the prayer. He did not give the call to prayer for any prayer while travelling. He gave the call to commence the prayer and prayed Maghrib and ‘Ishā’ together, combining them. He then said:

“When the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, needed to press on with his journey, he would combine Maghrib and ‘Ishā’ an hour after the twilight had disappeared. He would also offer voluntary prayer on his mount while travelling, whichever way it carried him.”

He would report that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, used to do that.

Al-Bayhaqī said:

“The reports of Yahyā ibn Sa‘īd al-Ansārī, Mūsā ibn ‘Uqbah, ‘Ubayd Allāh ibn ‘Umar, Ayyūb al-Sakhtiyānī and ‘Umar ibn Muhammad ibn Zayd agree that ‘Abd Allāh ibn ‘Umar combined the two prayers after the twilight had disappeared. They were contradicted by those whose accuracy in preserving Nāfi‘’s hadiths did not approach theirs.”

He also mentioned that Ibn Jābir narrated it from Nāfi‘