Chapter on the Prayer During Travel

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

Volume 3, Book 2, Chapter 1

Chapter on the Prayer During Travel

مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ مَحْبُوبٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَحْمَدَ اَلْعَلَوِيِّ عَنِ اَلْعَمْرَكِيِّ اَلْبُوفَكِيِّ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ عَنْ أَخِيهِ مُوسَى عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ قَالَ: سَأَلْتُهُ عَنْ رَجُلٍ جَعَلَ لِلَّهِ عَلَيْهِ أَنْ يُصَلِّيَ كَذَا وَ كَذَا صَلاَةً هَلْ يُجْزِيهِ أَنْ يُصَلِّيَ ذَلِكَ عَلَى دَابَّتِهِ وَ هُوَ مُسَافِرٌ قَالَ« نَعَمْ»
Muhammad ibn Ali ibn Mahbub, from Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-‘Alawi, from al-‘Amraki al-Bufaki, from Ali ibn Ja’far, from his brother Imam Musa عليه السلام, peace be upon him, who said: I asked Imam al-Kadhim عليه السلام about a man who made a vow to Allah سبحانه وتعالى upon himself, to perform such-and-such number of prayers. Does it suffice him to perform that while on his riding animal and he is traveling? Imam عليه السلام said: “Yes.”
  • Ali Akbar al-Ghaffari
    Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām fī Sharḥ al-Muqniʿah, vol. 3, p. 253
  • Shaykh Baqir al-Behbudi
    Ṣaḥīḥ al-Tahdhīb