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

اَلْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ صَفْوَانَ عَنْ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ عَمَّارٍ عَنْ أَبِي إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ قَالَ: سَأَلْتُهُ عَنِ اَلرَّجُلِ يَكُونُ مُسَافِراً ثُمَّ يَقْدَمُ فَيَدْخُلُ بُيُوتَ اَلْكُوفَةِ أَ يُتِمُّ اَلصَّلاَةَ أَمْ يَكُونُ مُقَصِّراً حَتَّى يَدْخُلَ أَهْلَهُ قَالَ« بَلْ يَكُونُ مُقَصِّراً حَتَّى يَدْخُلَ أَهْلَهُ»
Al-Husayn ibn Sa’id, from Safwan, from Ishaq ibn Ammar, from Abu Ibrahim, peace be upon him, who said: I asked Imam al-Kadhim عليه السلام about a man who is a traveller, then arrives and enters the houses of Kufah. Should he complete the prayer or remain shortening it until he enters his family (house)? Imam عليه السلام said: “Rather, he remains shortening it until he enters his family (house).”
  • Ali Akbar al-Ghaffari
    Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām fī Sharḥ al-Muqniʿah, vol. 3, p. 243
  • Shaykh Baqir al-Behbudi
    Ṣaḥīḥ al-Tahdhīb, p. 146