Chapter on the Prayer During Travel
Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām|Volume 3|Book 2|Chapter 1
أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ بْنِ اَلْمُغِيرَةِ عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ أَبِي زِيَادٍ عَنْ جَعْفَرٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَلَيْهِمَا اَلسَّلاَمُ قَالَ:« سَبْعَةٌ لاَ يُقَصِّرُونَ اَلصَّلاَةَ اَلْجَابِي يَدُورُ فِي جِبَايَتِهِ وَ اَلْأَمِيرُ اَلَّذِي يَدُورُ فِي إِمَارَتِهِ وَ اَلتَّاجِرُ اَلَّذِي يَدُورُ فِي تِجَارَتِهِ مِنْ سُوقٍ إِلَى سُوقٍ وَ اَلرَّاعِي وَ اَلْبَدَوِيُّ اَلَّذِي يَطْلُبُ مَوَاضِعَ اَلْقَطْرِ وَ مَنْبِتَ اَلشَّجَرِ وَ اَلرَّجُلُ يَطْلُبُ اَلصَّيْدَ يُرِيدُ بِهِ لَهْوَ اَلدُّنْيَا وَ اَلْمُحَارِبُ اَلَّذِي يَقْطَعُ اَلسَّبِيلَ»
Ahmad ibn Muhammad from Muhammad ibn Isa from Abdillah ibn al-Mughira from Isma'il ibn Abi Ziyad from Imam Ja’far عليه السلام from his father عليه السلام, peace be upon them both, who said:
Imam al-Baqir عليه السلام said: “Seven (groups of people) do not shorten the prayer; the tax collector (al-jabi) who moves about in his collection (of taxes), the governor (al-amir) who moves about in his governorship, the merchant (al-tajir) who moves about in his trade from market to market, the shepherd (al-ra’i), the Bedouin (al-badawi) who seeks places of rainfall and plant growth, the man who seeks hunting for the amusement of the world, And the highwayman (al-muharib) who cuts off the road.” (Arabic idiom for ambush or attack on travellers on the road,)
- Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām fī Sharḥ al-Muqniʿah, vol. 3, p. 235
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