Narrated Ibn Abbas: Allah, the Exalted, prescribed prayer for you, through the tongue of your Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم , four rak'ahs while resident, two rak'ahs while travelling and one rak'ah in time of danger.

Narrated Aishah, Ummul Muminin: The prayer was prescribed as consisting of two rak'ahs both when one was resident and when travelling. The prayer while travelling was left according to the original prescription and the prayer of one who was resident was enhanced.

Narrated Yahya bin Yazid al-Hannani: I asked Anas bin Malik about the shortening of the prayer (while travelling). He said: When the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم went out on a journey of three miles or three farsakh (the narrator Shubah doubted), he used to pray two rak'ahs.

Narrated Anas bin Malik: I prayed along with the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم four rak'ahs at the noon prayer at Madina and two rak'ahs at the afternoon prayer in Dhu al-Hulaifah.

Narrated Hafs bin Asim: I accompanied Ibn Umar on the way (on a journey). He led us in two rak'ah's of (the noon) prayer. Then he proceeded and saw some people standing. He asked: What are they doing ? I replied: They are glorifying Allah (i. e. offering supererogatory prayer). He said: If I had offered the supererogatory prayer (while travelling), I would have completed prayer, my cousin. I accompanied the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم during the journey, he did not pray more than two raka'at until his death. I also accompanied Abu Bakr, and he prayed two raka'at and nothing more until he died. I also accompanied Umar, and he prayed two raka'at and nothing more until he died. I also accompanied Uthman, and he prayed two raka'at and nothing more until he died. Indeed Allah, the Exalted, said: "Certainly you have in the Messenger of Allah an excellent exemplar"

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 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 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.