Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَكْرٍ أَخْبَرَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ قَيْسٍ الْمَأْرِبِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا ثُمَامَةُ بْنُ شَرَاحِيلَ قَالَ خَرَجْتُ إِلَى ابْنِ عُمَرَ فَقُلْنَا مَا صَلَاةُ الْمُسَافِرِ فَقَالَ رَكْعَتَيْنِ رَكْعَتَيْنِ إِلَّا صَلَاةَ الْمَغْرِبِ ثَلَاثًا قُلْتُ أَرَأَيْتَ إِنْ كُنَّا بِذِي الْمَجَازِ قَالَ وَمَا ذُو الْمَجَازِ قُلْتُ مَكَانًا نَجْتَمِعُ فِيهِ وَنَبِيعُ فِيهِ وَنَمْكُثُ عِشْرِينَ لَيْلَةً أَوْ خَمْسَ عَشْرَةَ لَيْلَةً قَالَ يَا أَيُّهَا الرَّجُلُ كُنْتُ بِأَذْرَبِيجَانَ لَا أَدْرِي قَالَ أَرْبَعَةَ أَشْهُرٍ أَوْ شَهْرَيْنِ فَرَأَيْتُهُمْ يُصَلُّونَهَا رَكْعَتَيْنِ رَكْعَتَيْنِ وَرَأَيْتُ نَبِيَّ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ نُصْبَ عَيْنِي يُصَلِّيهِمَا رَكْعَتَيْنِ رَكْعَتَيْنِ ثُمَّ نَزَعَ هَذِهِ الْآيَةَ { لَقَدْ كَانَ لَكُمْ فِي رَسُولِ اللَّهِ أُسْوَةٌ حَسَنَةٌ } حَتَّى فَرَغَ مِنْ الْآيَةِ.
English Translation
Muhammad ibn Bakr told us, Yahya ibn Qays al-Ma'ribi informed us, Thumamah ibn Shurahbil told us, who said: I went out to Ibn Umar, and we said: What is the prayer of the traveler? He said: Two rak'ahs, two rak'ahs, except the Maghrib prayer, which is three. I said: What do you think if we were at Dhu'l-Majaz? He said: And what is Dhu'l-Majaz? I said: A place where we gather and trade, and we stay there twenty nights or fifteen nights. He said: O man, I was in Azerbaijan - I do not recall - four months or two months, and I saw them praying two rak'ahs, two rak'ahs, and I saw the Prophet of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, before my very eyes praying them two rak'ahs, two rak'ahs. Then he recited this verse: Indeed in the Messenger of Allah you have a good example, until he finished the verse.