Ibn Abbas delivered a sermon to us on a muddy, rainy day. When the muezzin reached, "Come to prayer," he ordered him to call out instead, "Pray in your dwellings." The people looked at one another in surprise, so he said, "One who was better than me did this, and it is a binding directive."
خطبنا ابن عباس في يوم ردغ فلما بلغ المؤذن: حي على الصلاة فأمره أن ينادي: الصلاة في الرحال، فنظر القوم بعضهم إلى بعض فقال: فعل هذا من هو خير منه، وإنها عزمة.
Bukhari narrated it in the Book of Adhan (616), and Muslim in the Book of the Prayer of Travelers (699), both of them from Abdul-Hameed, the companion of Ziyadi, from Abdullah bin Harith, who related it, and the wording given here is Bukhari's.Bukhari also narrated it (668) from Abdullah bin Abdul-Wahhab, who said, "Hammad bin Zayd narrated to us," who said, "Abdul-Hameed narrated it to us," and in it, "Some of them looked at one another as though they disapproved. So he said, 'It is as if you disapprove of this. This was done by one better than me' - meaning the Prophet ﷺ - 'it is a firm command, and I disliked to burden you.'"And from Hammad, from Asim, from Abdullah bin Harith, from Ibn Abbas, similarly, except that he said, "I disliked to cause you to fall into sin, so that you would come treading through mud up to your knees."He also narrated it (901) from Musaddad, who said, "Ismail, that is, Ibn Ulaya, narrated to us," who said, "Abdul-Hameed, the companion of Ziyadi, informed me," with the same account, and in it, "and I disliked to burden you, so that you would walk through mud and slippery ground."As for his saying "a day of radgh" - with a fatha on the ra and a sukun on the plain dal - it means a small amount of water. It is also said to mean mud and mire, and it is also said as "radagh," with a ghayn, the meaning being the same.As for his saying "azmah" - with a sukun on the zay - it is the opposite of a concession.As for his saying "dahd" - with a fatha on the dal and a sukun on the ha - it means slipperiness.