Muwatta Malik #364
Shortening the Prayer
The Arabic includes the chain of narration (sanad) and the collector's commentary; the English translation shows the Prophet's words only.
وَحَدَّثَنِي عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُتْبَةَ، أَنَّهُ قَالَ دَخَلْتُ عَلَى عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ بِالْهَاجِرَةِ فَوَجَدْتُهُ يُسَبِّحُ فَقُمْتُ وَرَاءَهُ فَقَرَّبَنِي حَتَّى جَعَلَنِي حِذَاءَهُ عَنْ يَمِينِهِ فَلَمَّا جَاءَ يَرْفَأُ تَأَخَّرْتُ فَصَفَفْنَا وَرَاءَهُ .
Yahya related to me from Malik from Ibn Shihab that Ubaydullah
ibn Abdullah ibn Utba said, "I visited Umar ibn al-Khattab just before
noon and found him praying a voluntary prayer. So I stood behind him,
but he pulled me nearer and put me next to him, on his right hand
side, and then Yarfa came and I moved back and we formed a row behind
him."
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This hadith is #364 from Muwatta Malik, in the Book of Shortening the Prayer.