# Sunan al-Nasa'i - The Book of Shortening the Prayer When Traveling

*Exported from [ParallelQuran.com](https://parallelquran.com) on August 22, 2026*

**2 hadith**

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## Hadith #1442

**Book:** The Book of Shortening the Prayer When Traveling | **Narrator(s):** al-Qasim bin Malik al-Mzny القاسم بن مالك المزني أبو جعفر الكوفي, Ayoub bin Aa'idh أيوب بن عائذ, Bkyr bin al-Akhns بكير بن الأخنس, ibn Abbas, Mujahid bin Jabir مجاهد بن جبر, Y'aqub bin Mahan al-Bghdady يعقوب بن ماهان البغدادي أبو يوسف البناء

“I saw ‘Umar bin Al-Khattab praying two rak’ahs in Dhul-Hulaifah and I asked him about that. He said: ‘I am simply doing that which I saw the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) doing.'”

*Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sunan-al-nasai-1442/)*

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## Hadith #3548

**Book:** The Book of Divorce | **Narrator(s):** al-Mughira bin Maqsam المغيرة بن مقسم, Amir al-Sha'bi عامر الشعبي, Da'ud bin Abi Hnd داود بن أبي هند, Hashaym bin Bashayr bin al-Qasim هشيم بن بشير بن القاسم, Husayn bin 'Abdur Rahman al-Salmi حصين بن عبد الرحمن السلمي, Isma'il bin Abi Khalid al-Ahmsi إسماعيل بن أبي خالد الأحمسي, Siyar Abu al-Hakam al-Anzi سيار أبو الحكم العنزي, Y'aqub bin Mahan al-Bghdady يعقوب بن ماهان البغدادي أبو يوسف البناء

“My daughter’s husband has died, and I am worried about her eyes; she needs kohl.” He said: “One of you used to throw a piece of dung after a year had passed. Rather it (the mourning period) is four months and ten days.” I (the narrator) said to Zainab: “What does ‘after a year had passed’ mean?” She said: “During the Jahiliyyah, if a woman’s husband died she would go to the worst room she had and stay there, then, when a year had passed, she would come out and throw a piece of dung behind her.”

*Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sunan-al-nasai-3548/)*

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