Arabic (Original)
أَخْبَرَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ عَبْدَانَ أنبأ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ الصَّفَّارُ ثنا مُوسَى بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ الْقَاضِي ثنا يَعْقُوبُ بْنُ حُمَيْدِ بْنِ كَاسِبٍ ثنا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ سَالِمٍ مَوْلَى عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ حُمَيْدٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ حُمَيْدٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ عَفَّانَ أَنَّهُ أَتَمَّ الصَّلَاةَ بِمِنًى ثُمَّ خَطَبَ النَّاسَ فَقَالَ يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ إِنَّ السُّنَّةَ سُنَّةُ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَسُنَّةُ صَاحِبَيْهِ وَلَكِنَّهُ حَدَثَ الْعَامَ مِنَ النَّاسِ فَخِفْتُ أَنْ يَسَتَنُّوا قَالَ الشَّيْخُ وَقَدْ قِيلَ غَيْرُ هَذَا وَالْأَشْبَهُ أَنْ يَكُونَ رَآهُ رُخْصَةً فَرَأَى الْإِتْمَامَ جَائِزًا كَمَا رَأَتْهُ عَائِشَةُ وَقَدْ رُوِيَ ذَلِكَ عَنْ غَيْرِ وَاحِدٍ مِنَ الصَّحَابَةِ مَعَ اخْتِيَارِهِمُ الْقَصْرَ
English Translation
Uthman ibn Affan completed the prayer at Mina, then addressed the people saying: 'O people, the Sunnah is the Sunnah of the Messenger of Allah and his two companions, but something new has occurred among the people this year and I feared they would take it as a precedent.' The Shaykh said: Other reasons have been given, but the most likely is that he considered it a concession and saw completing the prayer as permissible, just as Aisha did. This has been narrated from more than one Companion, alongside their preference for shortening.