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Sunan Abi Dawud
كتاب صلاة السفر
Prayer (Kitab Al-Salat): Detailed Rules of Law about the Prayer during Journey
" يَا أَهْلَ الْبَلَدِ صَلُّوا أَرْبَعًا فَإِنَّا قَوْمٌ سَفْرٌ "
I went on an expedition with the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), and I was present with him at the conquest. He stayed eighteen days in Mecca and prayed only two rak'ahs (at each time of prayer). And he said: You who live in the town must pray four; we are travellers.
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