Chapter on Obligation of Prayer During Travel
Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām|Volume 2|Book 1|Chapter 2
وَ رَوَى أَيْضاً عَنْ صَفْوَانَ وَ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سِنَانٍ عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ جَابِرٍ قَالَ: قُلْتُ لِأَبِي عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ يَدْخُلُ عَلَيَّ وَقْتُ اَلصَّلاَةِ وَأَنَا فِي اَلسَّفَرِ فَلاَ أُصَلِّي حَتَّى أَدْخُلَ أَهْلِي قَالَ« صَلِّ وَأَتِمَّ اَلصَّلاَةَ» قُلْتُ فَدَخَلَ وَقْتُ اَلصَّلاَةِ وَ أَنَا فِي أَهْلِي أُرِيدُ اَلسَّفَرَ فَلاَ أُصَلِّي حَتَّى أَخْرُجَ قَالَ« فَصَلِّ وَ قَصِّرْ وَ إِنْ لَمْ تَفْعَلْ فَقَدْ وَ اَللَّهِ خَالَفْتَ رَسُولَ اَللَّهِ صَلَّى اَللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ»
And he also narrated from Safwan and Muhammad ibn Sinan from Isma‘il ibn Jabir. He said:
I said to Abu Abdillah عليه السلام: “The time of prayer enters upon me while I am on a journey, so I do not pray until I reach my family.” Imam عليه السلام said: “Pray and complete the prayer.” I asked: “And if the time of prayer enters upon me while I am with my family, and I intend to travel, so I do not pray until I depart?” Imam عليه السلام said: “Then pray and shorten the prayer, and if you do not, then by Allah سبحانه وتعالى, you have opposed the Messenger of Allah سبحانه وتعالى, may Allah سبحانه وتعالى bless him and his family.”
- Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām fī Sharḥ al-Muqniʿah, vol. 2, p. 14
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