Muwatta Malik

Hadith #345

Yahya related to me from Malik from Ata al-Khurasani that he heard Said ibn al Musayyab say, ""A traveller who has decided to remain somewhere for four nights does the prayer in full."" Malik said, ""That is what I prefer most out of what I have heard."" Malik when asked about the prayer of a prisoner, said, ""It is the same as the prayer of a person who remains in one place, except if he is travelling