Hadith 7906

Yahya related to me from Malik from Zayd ibn Aslam from hisfather that Umar ibn al-Khattab prayed two rakas with the people ofMakka, and then, when he had finished, he said, "People of Makka,complete your prayer, becausewe are a group of travellers." Later,Umar prayed two rakas with them at Mina, but we have not heard that hesaid anything to them on that occasion.Malik was askedwhether the people of Makka should pray two rakas at Arafa or four,and whether the amir of the hajj, if he was a Makkan, should praydhuhr and asr with four rakas or two, and also how the people of Makkawho were living (at Mina) should pray, and he said, "The people ofMakka should pray only two rakas at Arafa and Mina for as long as theystay there, and should shorten the prayer until they return to Makka.The amir of the hajj, if he is a Makkan, should also shorten theprayer at Arafa and during the days of Mina. Anyone who is living atMina as a resident should do the full prayer at Mina, and similarlyanyone who lives at Arafa and is a resident there should do the fullprayer at Arafa."