Chapter on Recommended (Nafl) Prayers During Travel
Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām|Volume 2|Book 1|Chapter 3
أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنِ اَلْحَسَنِ بْنِ مَحْبُوبٍ وَ عَلِيِّ بْنِ اَلْحَكَمِ جَمِيعاً عَنْ أَبِي يَحْيَى اَلْحَنَّاطِ قَالَ: سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَ عَنْ صَلاَةِ اَلنَّافِلَةِ بِالنَّهَارِ فِي اَلسَّفَرِ فَقَالَ« يَا بُنَيَّ لَوْ صَلَحَتِ اَلنَّافِلَةُ فِي اَلسَّفَرِ تَمَّتِ اَلْفَرِيضَةُ»
Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn ‘Isa narrated from al-Hasan ibn Mahbub and Ali ibn al-Hakam, both from Abu Yahya al-Hannat. He said:
I asked Abu Abdillah عليه السلام, about praying the supererogatory prayers during the day while on a journey. Imam عليه السلام said: “O my son, if the nawafil (supererogatory prayers) during travel were valid, then the obligatory prayer would have remained complete (four rak’ahs).”
- Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām fī Sharḥ al-Muqniʿah, vol. 2, p. 17
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Tahdhīb, p. 139