Chapter on Recommended (Nafl) Prayers During Travel

Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām|Volume 2|Book 1|Chapter 3
Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām

Volume 2, Book 1, Chapter 3

Chapter on Recommended (Nafl) Prayers During Travel

وَ عَنْهُ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ اَلْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ أَبِي اَلْخَطَّابِ عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ بَشِيرٍ عَنْ حَمَّادِ بْنِ عُثْمَانَ عَنْ سَيْفٍ اَلتَّمَّارِ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ قَالَ: قَالَ لِي بَعْضُ أَصْحَابِنَا إِنَّا كُنَّا نَقْضِي صَلاَةَ اَلنَّهَارِ إِذَا نَزَلْنَا بَيْنَ اَلْمَغْرِبِ وَاَلْعِشَاءِ اَلْآخِرَةِ فَقَالَ« لاَ اَللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ بِعِبَادِهِ حِينَ رَخَّصَ لَهُمْ إِنَّمَا فَرَضَ اَللَّهُ عَلَى اَلْمُسَافِرِ رَكْعَتَيْنِ لاَ قَبْلَهُمَا وَ لاَ بَعْدَهُمَا شَيْءٌ إِلاَّ صَلاَةُ اَللَّيْلِ عَلَى بَعِيرِكَ حَيْثُ تَوَجَّهَ بِكَ»
And from him, from Muhammad ibn al-Husayn ibn Abi al-Khattab from Ja’far ibn Bashir from Hammad ibn Uthman from Sayf al-Tammar from Abu Abdillah عليه السلام. He said: One of our companions said to me, “We used to make up the day prayers when we stopped between Maghrib and the final ‘ishaʾ.” So Imam عليه السلام said: “No. Allah سبحانه وتعالى knows best about His سبحانه وتعالى servants when He سبحانه وتعالى granted them a concession. Allah سبحانه وتعالى has only obligated upon the traveler two rak’ahs, there is nothing before them and nothing after them, except the night prayer on your camel, in whatever direction it takes you.”
  • Ali Akbar al-Ghaffari
    Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām fī Sharḥ al-Muqniʿah, vol. 2, p. 16
  • Shaykh Baqir al-Behbudi
    Ṣaḥīḥ al-Tahdhīb, p. 139