Chapter on the Obligation of Shortening the Fast During Travel
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh|Volume 2|Book 2|Chapter 26
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh
Volume 2, Book 2, Chapter 26
Chapter on the Obligation of Shortening the Fast During Travel
وَ رَوَى اَلْعِيصُ بْنُ اَلْقَاسِمِ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ قَالَ: «إِذَا خَرَجَ اَلرَّجُلُ فِي شَهْرِ رَمَضَانَ مُسَافِراً أَفْطَرَ» وَ قَالَ «إِنَّ رَسُولَ اَللَّهِ صَلَّى اَللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ خَرَجَ مِنَ اَلْمَدِينَةِ إِلَى مَكَّةَ فِي شَهْرِ رَمَضَانَ وَ مَعَهُ اَلنَّاسُ وَ فِيهِمُ اَلْمُشَاةُ فَلَمَّا اِنْتَهَى إِلَى كُرَاعِ اَلْغَمِيمِ دَعَا بِقَدَحٍ مِنْ مَاءٍ فِيمَا بَيْنَ اَلظُّهْرِ وَ اَلْعَصْرِ فَشَرِبَ وَ أَفْطَرَ وَ أَفْطَرَ اَلنَّاسُ مَعَهُ وَ تَمَّ أُنَاسٌ عَلَى صَوْمِهِمْ فَسَمَّاهُمُ «اَلْعُصَاةَ» وَ إِنَّمَا يُؤْخَذُ بِأَمْرِ رَسُولِ اَللَّهِ صَلَّى اَللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ ».
Al-'Iys ibn Al-Qasim narrated from Abu Abdullah عليه السلام, who said: "When a man travels during the Month of Ramadan, he breaks his fast." Imam عليه السلام continued: "The Messenger of Allah سبحانه وتعالى (peace be upon him and his family) departed from Medina to Mecca during Month of Ramadan, accompanied by people among whom were pedestrians. When he reached Kurāʿ al-Ghamīm, between noon and afternoon, He called for a cup of water, drank, and broke his fast. The people with him also broke their fast, but some persisted in their fasting. He صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم called them 'the disobedient,' as one is obligated to follow the command of the Messenger of Allah سبحانه وتعالى (peace be upon him and his family)."
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Faqīh, p. 100