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

Muhammad ibn al-Hasan al-Saffar, from al-Hasan ibn Ali, from Ahmad ibn Hilal, from Abu Saeed al-Khurasani, who said: Two men entered upon Abu al-Hasan al-Ridha عليه السلام, peace be upon him, in Khurasan, and they asked Imam عليه السلام about ‘shortening the prayer.’ Imam عليه السلام said to one of them: “Shortening (the prayer) has become obligatory upon you because you intended to come to me (the rightful Imam عليه السلام),” And Imam عليه السلام said to the other: “Completing the prayer has become obligatory upon you because you intended to go to the ruler (other than the Imam عليه السلام).”