the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him—Zuhr and ‘Asr together, and Maghrib and ‘Ishā’ together—without fear or travel.’”

Among those who narrated it from Abū al-Zubayr was Mālik in his al-Muwatta’. He said: “I think that was during rain.”

Al-Bayhaqī said:

Zuhayr ibn Mu‘āwiyah and Hammād ibn Salamah likewise narrated it from Abū al-Zubayr with the wording “without fear or travel,” except that neither mentioned Maghrib and ‘Ishā’, and both said “in Medina.” Ibn ‘Uyaynah and Hishām ibn Sa‘d also narrated it from Abū al-Zubayr with the same meaning as Mālik’s narration.

Al-Bayhaqī set out its chains of transmission. Muslim narrated Zuhayr’s report in his Sahīh: Abū al-Zubayr narrated to us, from Sa‘īd ibn Jubayr, from Ibn ‘Abbās, who said:

“The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, prayed Zuhr and ‘Asr together in Medina, without fear or travel.”

Abū al-Zubayr said: “I asked Sa‘īd: ‘Why did he do that?’ He replied: ‘I asked Ibn ‘Abbās just as you have asked me, and he said: “He wanted not to impose hardship on anyone in his community.”’”

He said: Qurrah differed from them in his narration, saying: “On a journey he made to Tabūk.”

Muslim narrated it through Qurrah, from Abū al-Zubayr, from Sa‘īd ibn Jubayr, from Ibn ‘Abbās, who said:

“The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, combined the prayers during a journey he made on the expedition to Tabūk, combining Zuhr with ‘Asr and Maghrib with ‘Ishā’.”

I asked Ibn ‘Abbās: “What prompted him to do that?” He replied: “He wanted not to impose hardship on his community.”

Al-Bayhaqī said: Qurrah had meant the report of Abū al-Zubayr from Abū al-Tufayl