Chapter on Ruling of the Traveller and the Sick Person Regarding Fasting

Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām|Volume 4|Book 2|Chapter 18
Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām

Volume 4, Book 2, Chapter 18

Chapter on Ruling of the Traveller and the Sick Person Regarding Fasting

يَدُلُّ عَلَى ذَلِكَ مَا رَوَاهُ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ عَنْ عِدَّةٍ مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ عَنِ اِبْنِ مَحْبُوبٍ عَنْ أَبِي أَيُّوبَ عَنْ عَمَّارِ بْنِ مَرْوَانَ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ قَالَ سَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ:» مَنْ سَافَرَ قَصَّرَ وَ أَفْطَرَ إِلاَّ أَنْ يَكُونَ رَجُلاً سَفَرُهُ فِي اَلصَّيْدِ أَوْ فِي مَعْصِيَةِ اَللَّهِ تَعَالَى أَوْ رَسُولاً لِمَنْ يَعْصِي اَللَّهَ أَوْ فِي طَلَبِ شَحْنَاءَ أَوْ سِعَايَةِ ضَرَرٍ عَلَى قَوْمٍ مِنَ اَلْمُسْلِمِينَ«.
Indicating that is what Muhammad ibn Yaqub narrated from a number of our companions, from Sahl ibn Ziyad, from Ibn Mahbub, from Abu Ayyub, from Ammar ibn Marwan, from Abu Abdillah عليه السلام, peace be upon him, who said: I (narrator) heard Imam عليه السلام saying: “Whoever travels shortens and breaks the fast, unless he is a man whose travel is for hunting (for amusement), or in disobedience to Allah سبحانه وتعالى, the Exalted, or a messenger for one who disobeys Allah سبحانه وتعالى, or in pursuit of enmity, or an effort to cause harm against a group of the Muslims.”
  • Ali Akbar al-Ghaffari
    Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām fī Sharḥ al-Muqniʿah, vol. 4, p. 286
  • Shaykh Baqir al-Behbudi
    Ṣaḥīḥ al-Tahdhīb