حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَی بْنُ إِسْمَعِيلَ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ عَنْ أَيُّوبَ عَنْ الزُّهْرِيِّ أَنَّ عُثْمَانَ بْنَ عَفَّانَ أَتَمَّ الصَّلَاةَ بِمِنًی مِنْ أَجْلِ الْأَعْرَابِ لِأَنَّهُمْ کَثُرُوا عَامَئِذٍ فَصَلَّی بِالنَّاسِ أَرْبَعًا لِيُعَلِّمَهُمْ أَنَّ الصَّلَاةَ أَرْبَعٌ
سنن ابودوٗد · Hadith 1964
Narrated Az-Zuhri: Uthman offered complete prayer at Mina for the sake of bedouins who attended (hajj) in large numbers that year. He led the people four rak'ahs in prayer in order to teach them that the prayer (i. e. noon or afternoon prayer) essentially contained four rak'ahs.
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020