Chapter on the Prayer During Travel
Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām|Volume 3|Book 2|Chapter 1
مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ مَحْبُوبٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ عِمْرَانَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ قَالَ: قُلْتُ لِأَبِي جَعْفَرٍ اَلثَّانِي عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ إِنَّ لِي ضَيْعَةً عَلَى خَمْسَةَ عَشَرَ مِيلاً خَمْسَةِ فَرَاسِخَ فَرُبَّمَا خَرَجْتُ إِلَيْهَا فَأُقِيمُ فِيهَا ثَلاَثَةَ أَيَّامٍ أَوْ خَمْسَةَ أَيَّامٍ أَوْ سَبْعَةَ أَيَّامٍ فَأُتِمُّ اَلصَّلاَةَ أَمْ أُقَصِّرُ فَقَالَ« قَصِّرْ فِي اَلطَّرِيقِ وَ أَتِمَّ فِي اَلضَّيْعَةِ»
Muhammad ibn Ali ibn Mahbub from Muhammad ibn Isa from Imran ibn Muhammad, who said:
I said to Abu Ja’far al-Thani عليه السلام: “May I be your ransom, I have an estate at a distance of fifteen miles, five parasangs (‘faraasikh’), so sometimes I go out to it and stay there for three days, or five days, or seven days. Should I complete the prayer or shorten it?” Imam عليه السلام said: “Shorten (the prayer) on the way, and complete in the estate.”
- Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām fī Sharḥ al-Muqniʿah, vol. 3, p. 231
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