from Muʿādh, for this is the wording of his report. Saʿīd ibn Jubayr narrated both reports: Qurrah heard one, while those mentioned earlier heard the other.

He said:

This is more likely, for Qurrah also narrated Abū al-Tufayl’s report.

I say:

Muslim likewise narrated it in this manner. Thus, this wording was transmitted both in Muʿādh’s report and in Ibn ʿAbbās’s report, for Qurrah is a reliable narrator with an excellent memory. Al-Tahāwī also narrated Qurrah’s reports from Abū al-Zubayr—the report of Abū al-Tufayl and this report of his from Saʿīd—in the same form as Mālik’s report from Abū al-Zubayr. This indicates that Abū al-Zubayr narrated both versions.

Al-Bayhaqī said:

Habīb ibn Abī Thābit narrated it from Saʿīd ibn Jubayr, differing from Abū al-Zubayr in its wording.

He cited it through al-Aʿmash, from Habīb ibn Abī Thābit, from Saʿīd ibn Jubayr, from Ibn ʿAbbās, who said:

“The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, combined Zuhr with ʿAsr and Maghrib with ʿIshāʾ in Medina, without fear or rain.”

He was asked: “What did he intend by that?”

He replied: “He wanted not to impose hardship on his community.”

In Wakīʿ’s narration, Saʿīd said:

“I asked Ibn ʿAbbās: ‘Why did the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, do that?’ He replied: ‘So as not to impose hardship on his community.’”

Muslim narrated it in his Sahīh. Al-Bayhaqī said:

Al-Bukhārī did not include it, despite Habīb ibn Abī Thābit meeting his criteria. Perhaps he passed over it—Allah knows best—because of the differing versions transmitted from Saʿīd ibn Jubayr.

He said:

The version transmitted by the group from Abū al-Zubayr is more likely to