Chapter on the Prayer During Travel
Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām|Volume 3|Book 2|Chapter 1
عَنْهُ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَحْمَدَ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ اَلْحُسَيْنِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ بَزِيعٍ عَنْ أَبِي اَلْحَسَنِ عَُ قَالَ: سَأَلْتُهُ عَنِ اَلرَّجُلِ يُقَصِّرُ فِي ضَيْعَتِهِ فَقَالَ« لاَ بَأْسَ مَا لَمْ يَنْوِ مُقَامَ عَشَرَةِ أَيَّامٍ إِلاَّ أَنْ يَكُونَ لَهُ فِيهَا مَنْزِلٌ يَسْتَوْطِنُهُ» فَقُلْتُ مَا اَلاِسْتِيطَانُ فَقَالَ« أَنْ يَكُونَ لَهُ فِيهَا مَنْزِلٌ يُقِيمُ فِيهِ سِتَّةَ أَشْهُرٍ فَإِذَا كَانَ كَذَلِكَ يُتِمُّ فِيهَا مَتَى يَدْخُلُهَا».
From him, from Muhammad ibn Ahmad from Ahmad ibn al-Husayn from Muhammad ibn Isma'il ibn Bazi‘ from Abu al-Hasan عليه السلام, peace be upon him, who said:
I asked Imam al-Ridha عليه السلام about a man who shortens (the prayer) in his estate. Imam عليه السلام said: “There is no harm as long as he does not intend to stay for ten days, unless he has in it a house that he resides in permanently (yastawtinuhu).” So I asked: “What is 'residing permanently' (al-istitan)?” Imam عليه السلام said: “That he has in it a house, in which he stays for six months if that is the case, then he completes the prayer in it whenever he enters it.”
- Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām fī Sharḥ al-Muqniʿah, vol. 3, p. 234
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