Want to pray 3 times a day? Well here's a fatwa!!!

Re: Want to pray 3 times a day? Well here’s a fatwa!!!

Without going into a big discussion, could you explain this hadis from Sahih Muslim where the Prophet combined prayers without there being a need just so that his followers did not have to face unnecessary hardship? Again, I dont ask for alternate evidence, I wish for you to explain this specific hadis, do you think it is fabricated, or whether the Prophet was going against the Quran?

http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/fundamentals/hadithsunnah/muslim/004.smt.html#004.1516

http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/fundamentals/hadithsunnah/muslim/004.smt.html#004.1520