Chapter on the Rulings of Missed Prayers

Al-Husayn ibn Said from al-Nadr ibn Suwayd from Musa ibn Bakr from Zurarah from Abu Ja’far عليه السلام : Imam al-Baqir عليه السلام was asked about a man upon whom the time of prayer entered while he was on a journey, and he delayed the prayer until he arrived (at his destination), intending to pray it when he reached his family. Then, when he arrived, he forgot to pray it until its time had passed. Imam عليه السلام said: “He should pray it as two rak’ahs, as the prayer of a traveller, because the time entered while he was traveling. It would have been appropriate for him to pray at that time.”