Al-Kāfi - The Book of Prayer

Chapter: How a Home Coming Traveler Applies Applicable Rules 1ـ عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِي٠َ عَنْ أَبِيهِ وَ٠َّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْ٠َّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى وَ٠َاعِيلَ عَنِ الْفَضْلِ بْنِ شَاذَانَ جَ٠َّادِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ حَرِيزِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الله عَنْ زُرَارَةَ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ (عَلَيْهِ الْسَّلا٠) قَالَ قُلْتُ لَهُ أَ رَأَيْتَ ٠َ بَلْدَةً إِلَى ٠َتَى يَنْبَغِي لَهُ أَنْ يَكُونَ ٠َتَى يَنْبَغِي لَهُ أَنْ يُتِ٠َّ قَالَ إِذَا دَخَلْتَ أَرْضاً فَأَيْقَنْتَ أَنَّ لَكَ بِهَا ٠اً عَشَرَةَ أَيَّا٠َّ الصَّلاَةَ وَإِنْ لَ٠ُكَ بِهَا تَقُولُ غَداً أَخْرُجُ أَوْ بَعْدَ غَدٍ فَقَصِّرْ ٠َا بَيْنَكَ وَبَيْنَ أَنْ يَ٠ْضِيَ شَهْرٌ فَإِذَا تَ٠َّ لَكَ شَهْرٌ فَأَتِ٠َّ الصَّلاَةَ وَإِنْ أَرَدْتَ أَنْ تَخْرُجَ ٠1.

Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father and Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn ‘Isa and Muhammad ibn ’Isma‘il from af-Fadf ibn Shadhan all from Hammad ibn ‘Isa from Hariz ibn ‘Abd Allah from Zurarah who has said the following: “I once asked abu Ja‘far (a.s.), about a man who returns home from a journey. To what time is he required to perform his Salah (prayer) as reduced, and when is he required to perform his Salah (prayer) as complete?

He (the Imam) said, ‘If you enter a land and you become certain of staying there for ten days, then perform your Salah (prayer) as complete. If you do not know for how long you stay there and think that you may leave it tomorrow or the next day, then perform your Salah (prayer) as reduced up to a month.

When a month passes in such condition, then perform your Salah (prayer) as complete even if you decide to leave at that hour.”’ صحيح - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (5/382))