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

أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ بْنِ بُكَيْرٍ قَالَ: سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ عَنِ اَلْقَادِسِيَّةِ أَخْرُجُ إِلَيْهَا أُتِمُّ أَمْ أُقَصِّرُ قَالَ« وَ كَمْ هِيَ» قُلْتُ هِيَ اَلَّتِي رَأَيْتَ قَالَ« قَصِّرْ»
Ahmad ibn Muhammad from Muhammad ibn Abi ‘Umayr from Abdillah ibn Bukayr, who said: I asked Abu Abdillah عليه السلام, peace be upon him, about al-Qadisiyyah. When I go out to it, should I pray in full or shorten? Imam عليه السلام said: “And how far is it?” I said: “It is the one you saw.” He said: “Shorten (the prayer).”
  • Ali Akbar al-Ghaffari
    Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām fī Sharḥ al-Muqniʿah, vol. 3, p. 229
  • Shaykh Baqir al-Behbudi
    Ṣaḥīḥ al-Tahdhīb