حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ أَخْبَرَنَا أَيُّوبُ عَنْ نَافِعٍ أَنَّ ابْنَ عُمَرَ اسْتُصْرِخَ عَلَى صَفِيَّةَ فَسَارَ فِي تِلْكَ اللَّيْلَةِ مَسِيرَةَ ثَلَاثِ لَيَالٍ سَارَ حَتَّى أَمْسَى فَقُلْتُ الصَّلَاةَ فَسَارَ وَلَمْ يَلْتَفِتْ فَسَارَ حَتَّى أَظْلَمَ فَقَالَ لَهُ سَالِمٌ أَوْ رَجُلٌ الصَّلَاةَ وَقَدْ أَمْسَيْتَ فَقَالَ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ كَانَ إِذَا عَجِلَ بِهِ السَّيْرُ جَمَعَ مَا بَيْنَ هَاتَيْنِ الصَّلَاتَيْنِ وَإِنِّي أُرِيدُ أَنْ أَجْمَعَ بَيْنَهُمَا فَسِيرُوا فَسَارَ حَتَّى غَابَ الشَّفَقُ ثُمَّ نَزَلَ فَجَمَعَ بَيْنَهُمَا
مسند امام احمد بن حنبل · Hadith 5120
It was narrated from Naafi' that Ibn 'Umar was informed of the death of Safiyyah, and that night he travelled the distance of three nights' travel, and he kept going until evening. I said: (Time for) prayer. But he kept going and did not pay attention to me. He travelled on until it became dark, then Saalim or another man said to him: (Time for) prayer; evening has come. He said: If the Messenger of Allah (PBUH) wanted to hasten in his travel, he would put these two prayers together, and l wants to put them together; keep going. He travelled on until the red afterg low disappeared, then he dismounted and put them together.
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020