Yahya reports that I asked Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) about shortening the prayer (qasr), so he said: We traveled with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) from Madinah Munawwarah to Makkah Mukarramah (during this journey), and we kept performing two rak‘ahs until we returned (to Madinah Munawwarah). I asked him: Did the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) stay in Makkah Mukarramah? He replied: Yes, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) stayed in Makkah Mukarramah for ten days. These are the words of the narration of Duraqi. In the narration of Ahmad bin Abda, it is stated that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) kept leading us in two rak‘ahs. Ahmad and Amr bin Ali narrated from Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) that we set out with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). Both did not mention that I asked Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him). Imam Abu Bakr (may Allah have mercy on him) says: I do not remember any hadith among the ahadith of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) in which it is mentioned that he intended to stay for a fixed period during any journey, except for this one journey in which the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) came to Makkah Mukarramah for the Farewell Hajj. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) came to Makkah Mukarramah with the firm intention of Hajj, and he arrived in Makkah Mukarramah on the morning of the 4th of Dhul-Hijjah.