Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَكْرٍ أَخْبَرَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ قَيْسٍ الْمَأْرِبِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا ثُمَامَةُ بْنُ شَرَاحِيلَ قَالَ خَرَجْتُ إِلَى ابْنِ عُمَرَ فَقُلْتُ مَا صَلَاةُ الْمُسَافِرِ قَالَ رَكْعَتَيْنِ رَكْعَتَيْنِ إِلَّا صَلَاةَ الْمَغْرِبِ ثَلَاثًا قُلْتُ أَرَأَيْتَ إِنْ كُنَّا بِذِي الْمَجَازِ قَالَ مَا ذُو الْمَجَازِ قُلْتُ مَكَانٌ نَجْتَمِعُ فِيهِ وَنَبِيعُ فِيهِ وَنَمْكُثُ عِشْرِينَ لَيْلَةً أَوْ خَمْسَ عَشْرَةَ لَيْلَةً فَقَالَ يَا أَيُّهَا الرَّجُلُ كُنْتُ بِأَذْرَبِيجَانَ لَا أَدْرِي قَالَ أَرْبَعَةَ أَشْهُرٍ أَوْ شَهْرَيْنِ فَرَأَيْتُهُمْ يُصَلُّونَهَا رَكْعَتَيْنِ رَكْعَتَيْنِ وَرَأَيْتُ نَبِيَّ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بَصَرَ عَيْنِي يُصَلِّيهَا رَكْعَتَيْنِ ثُمَّ نَزَعَ إِلَيَّ بِهَذِهِ الْآيَةِ { لَقَدْ كَانَ لَكُمْ فِي رَسُولِ اللَّهِ أُسْوَةٌ حَسَنَةٌ }.
English Translation
Muhammad ibn Bakr narrated to us: Yahya ibn Qays al-Ma'ribi informed us, Thumamah ibn Sharahil narrated: I went out to Ibn Umar and asked: What is the traveler's prayer? He said: Two rak'ahs, two rak'ahs, except for Maghrib which is three. I said: What if we are at Dhu al-Majaz? He said: What is Dhu al-Majaz? I said: A place where we gather and trade and stay for twenty or fifteen nights. He said: O man, I was in Azerbaijan — I do not know whether he said four months or two months — and I saw them praying two rak'ahs, two rak'ahs. And I saw the Prophet of Allah (peace be upon him) with my own eyes praying two rak'ahs. Then he recited this verse to me: 'Indeed in the Messenger of Allah you have an excellent example.'