Abu Nazrah says: Sayyiduna Imran bin Husain (may Allah be pleased with him) was passing by, so we sat down and a young man from the group went to him and asked him about the prayer of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) during journeys of battle, Hajj, and Umrah. He came and stood among us and said: This young man has asked me a question, and I want all of you to hear its answer. The matter is that I performed jihad with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), and he (peace and blessings be upon him) prayed two rak‘ahs until he returned to Madinah. I also performed Hajj with him (peace and blessings be upon him), and (on that journey too) he (peace and blessings be upon him) performed only two rak‘ahs until he returned to Madinah. Then I was present with him (peace and blessings be upon him) at the conquest of Makkah, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) stayed there for eighteen days and prayed only two rak‘ahs, but he (peace and blessings be upon him) used to say to the people of the city: You should pray four rak‘ahs, because we are travelers. Then I performed three Umrahs with him (peace and blessings be upon him), and he (peace and blessings be upon him) continued to pray only two rak‘ahs. After that, I performed several Hajj with Sayyiduna Abu Bakr and Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with them), and both of them used to pray only two rak‘ahs until they returned to Madinah.

(Second chain of narration) Whenever the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, undertook a journey, he performed only two rak‘ahs of prayer until he returned. On the occasion of the conquest of Makkah, he stayed in Makkah for eighteen nights and led the people in two rak‘ahs of prayer, except for Maghrib. Then he would say to the residents: O people of Makkah! Stand up and perform two more rak‘ahs, for we are travelers. Then the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, performed two rak‘ahs in the Battle of Hunayn and the Battle of Ta’if. Then the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, returned towards Ji‘irrana, and from there performed ‘Umrah in the month of Dhu al-Qa‘dah. (During these journeys, he continued to perform shortened prayers.) Then I performed jihad, Hajj, and ‘Umrah with Sayyiduna Abu Bakr, may Allah be pleased with him, and he too performed only two rak‘ahs except for Maghrib. (After that, I did the same) with Sayyiduna ‘Umar, may Allah be pleased with him, and he too performed only two rak‘ahs. Then Sayyiduna ‘Uthman, may Allah be pleased with him, in the beginning of his caliphate, also performed (shortened prayers) in the same way, but after that he started performing four rak‘ahs.

Abdur Rahman bin Abi Dhibab narrates that Sayyiduna Uthman bin Affan (may Allah be pleased with him) led four rak‘ahs of prayer in Mina. When people objected to this, he said: O people, as soon as I arrived in Makkah, I got married, and I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: Whoever marries in a city should perform the prayer of a resident there.

Under this chapter, the following sub-chapters and hadiths have been mentioned.

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him) says that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) used to combine two prayers during travel, that is, Maghrib and Isha, and Dhuhr and Asr.

Abdullah bin Shaqiq says: One day, Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him) delivered a sermon to us after Asr, until the sun set and the stars began to appear. People started calling out: "Pray, pray." Among the people was a man from Banu Tamim, he also began to say: "Prayer, prayer." Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him) became angry and said: "Are you teaching me the Sunnah? I was present with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), and he combined and performed Zuhr and Asr, and Maghrib and Isha." Abdullah bin Shaqiq says: I began to feel (doubt and amazement) in my heart, so I met Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) and asked him about this issue, and he also agreed with him.

Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) used to combine Zuhr and Asr, and Maghrib and Isha prayers while on a journey.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Mu'adh bin Jabal (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) set out on a journey, and this was the incident of the Battle of Tabuk. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) combined the Zuhr and Asr prayers, and the Maghrib and Isha prayers, and performed them together. The narrator says: I asked, "What prompted the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) to do this?" He replied: The Prophet's (peace and blessings be upon him) intention was that he did not want to cause hardship for his Ummah.

Under this chapter, the following sub-chapters and hadiths have been mentioned.

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Shall I not tell you about the prayer of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) during travel? They said: Why not. Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him) said: (When the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, camped somewhere) if the sun had already declined there, he would combine Zuhr and Asr before mounting (his ride). If he set out before the sun declined, he would continue traveling until the time for Asr arrived, then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) would dismount and combine Zuhr and Asr. Similarly, when the time for Maghrib would come while at the (camping) place, he would combine Maghrib and Isha. And if Maghrib time did not occur at that place, he would mount (and continue traveling) until the time for Isha arrived, then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) would dismount and combine the two prayers and perform them together.