Narrated Aishah, Ummul Muminin: Ata ibn Abu Rabah asked Aishah: Can women offer prayer on a riding beast? She replied: They were not permitted to do so in hardship or comfort. Muhammad ibn Shuayb said: This (prohibition) applies to the obligatory prayers.

Narrated Imran ibn Husayn: I went on an expedition with the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم , and I was present with him at the conquest. He stayed eighteen days in Makkah and prayed only two rak'ahs (at each time of prayer). And he said: You who live in the town must pray four; we are travellers.

Narrated Abdullah ibn Abbas: The Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم had a stop of seventeen days in Makkah and he shortened the prayer (i. e. prayed two rak'ahs at each time of prayer). Ibn Abbas said: He who stays seventeen days should shorten the prayer; and who stays more than that should offer complete prayer. Abu Dawud said: The other version transmitted by Ibn Abbas through a different chain adds: He (the Prophet) had a stop of nineteen days (in Makkah).

Narrated Abdullah ibn Abbas: The Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم stayed fifteen days in Makkah in the year of Conquest. Shortening the prayer. Abu Dawud said: This tradition has also been transmitted by Abdah bin Sulaiman, Ahmad bin Khalid al-Wahbi, and Salamah bin Fadli on the authority of Ibn Ishaq ; but they did not mention the name of Ibn Abbas.

Narrated Ibn Abbas: The Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم stayed in Makkah seventeen days and prayed two rak'ahs (at each time of prayer).

Narrated Anas bin Malik: We went out from Madina to Makkah with the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم and he prayed two rak'ahs (at each time of prayer) till we returned to Madina. We (the people) said: Did you stay there for some time ? He replied: We stayed there ten days.

Narrated Ali ibn Abu Talib ; Anas ibn Malik: Muhammad reported from his father, Umar, on the authority of his grandfather, Ali ibn Abu Talib: When Ali travelled, he continued to travel till it became nearly dark. He then alighted and offered the sunset prayer. Then he would call for his dinner and eat it. Then he prayed the night prayer and then moved off. He would say: This is how the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم used to do. Usamah ibn Zayd reported from Hafs ibn Ubaydullah, the son of Anas ibn Malik: Anas would combine them (the evening and night prayer) when the twilight disappeared. He said: The Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم used to do so. Az-Zuhri also reported similarly on the authority of Anas from the Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم .

Narrated Jabir ibn Abdullah: The Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم stayed at Tabuk twenty days; he shortened the prayer (during his stay). Abu Dawud said: No one narrates this tradition with continuous chain except Mamar.

Narrated Abu Ayyash az-Zuraqi: We accompanied the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم at Usfan, and Khalid ibn al-Walid was the chief of unbelievers. We offered the noon prayer. Thereupon, the unbelievers said: We suffered from negligence; we became careless. We should have attacked them while they were praying. Thereupon the verse was revealed, relating to the shortening of the prayer (in time of danger) between the noon and afternoon (prayer). When the time of the afternoon prayer came, the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم stood facing the qiblah, and the unbelievers were standing in front of him. The people stood in a row behind the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم and there was another row behind this row. The Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم bowed and all of them bowed. He then prostrated and also the row near him prostrated. The other people in the second row remained standing and stood guard over them. When they performed two prostrations and stood up, those who were behind them prostrated. The people in the front row near him then stepped backward taking the place of the people in the second row and the second row took the place of the first row. The Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم then bowed and all of them bowed together. Then he and the row near him prostrated themselves. The other people in the second row remained standing and stood guard over them. When the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم and the row near him (i. e. the front row) were seated, the people in the second row behind them prostrated themselves. Then all of them were seated. (He (the Prophet) then uttered the salutation upon all of them. He prayed in his manner at Usfan as well as at the territory of Banu Sulaym. Abu Dawud said: This tradition has been narrated by Ayyub and Hisham from Abu al-Zubair on the authority of Jabir to the same effect from the Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم . Similarly, this has been transmitted by Dawud bin Husain from Ikrimah, on the authority of Ibn Abbas. This has also been reported by Abd al-Malik, from Ata from Jabir in like manner. This has also been narrated by Qatadah from al-Hasan from Hittan on the authority of Abu Musa in a similar way. Similarly, this has been reported by Ikrimah bin Khalid from Mujahid from the Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم . This has also been reported by Hisham bin Urwah from his father from the Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم . This is the opinion of al-Thawri.

Narrated Sahl bin Abi Hathmah: The Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم prayed in time of danger and divided them (the people) behind him in two rows. He then led those who were near him in one rak'ah. Then he stood and remained standing till those who were in second row offered one rak'ah. Thereafter they came forward and those who were in front of them (in the first row) stepped backward. The Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم led them in one rak'ah of prayer. He sat down till those who were in the second row completed on rak'ah. He then uttered the salutation.