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

اَلْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ صَفْوَانَ بْنِ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَبِي اَلْحَسَنِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ: أَنَّهُ سُئِلَ عَنِ اَلرَّجُلِ يُسَافِرُ فِي شَهْرِ رَمَضَانَ فَيَصُومُ فَقَالَ» لَيْسَ مِنَ اَلْبِرِّ اَلصِّيَامُ فِي اَلسَّفَرِ«.
Al-Husayn ibn Said, from Safwan ibn Yahya, from Abu al-Hasan عليه السلام, peace be upon him: That Imam عليه السلام was asked about ‘a man who travels in the month of Ramadan and fasts.’ Imam عليه السلام said: “Fasting during travel is not from righteousness.”
  • Ali Akbar al-Ghaffari
    Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām fī Sharḥ al-Muqniʿah, vol. 4, p. 284
  • Shaykh Baqir al-Behbudi
    Ṣaḥīḥ al-Tahdhīb, p. 363