Bismihi Ta’ala
Ahaadeeth and Sunnats of Traveling
Shortening the Qira`at when traveling
51.) Hazrat Abdullah Ibn
Umar (RA) narrates that Nabi (Sallallaahu ‘alayhi waSallam) recited Surah Kaafiroon and Surah Ikhlaas in the two
rakaats of Fajr Salaah, whilst they were traveling.
Hazrat
Utbah Ibn Aamir (RA) also narrates that Nabi (Sallallaahu ‘alayhi waSallam) performed the Fajr Salaah once on journey, and recited
Surah Falaq and An-Naas therein. Nabi (Sallallaahu
‘alayhi waSallam) thereafter advised him
to recite these two Surahs often, at different times of the day and night.
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The above bears testimony to the fact that it is Sunnah to
shorten the Qira`ah when traveling.
Extracted from Ash-Shamaa`il al Kubra
[The Sublime Conduct of Nabi (Sallallaahu ‘alayhi waSallam) Volume 3]
