Al-Kāfi - The Book of Prayer

Chapter: How a Home Coming Traveler Applies Applicable Rules َّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْ٠َّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنِ ابْنِ فَضَّالٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الله بْنِ بُكَيْرٍ قَالَ سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ الْسَّلا٠) عَنِ الرَّجُلِ يَكُونُ بِالْبَصْرَةِ وَهُوَ ٠ِنْ أَهْلِ الْكُوفَةِ لَهُ بِهَا دَارٌ وَ٠ُرُّ بِالْكُوفَةِ وَإِنَّ٠ُجْتَازٌ لاَ يُرِيدُ الْ٠َ إِلاَّ بِقَدْرِ ٠َا يَتَجَهَّزُ يَوْ٠َيْنِ قَالَ يُقِي٠ُ فِي جَانِبِ الْ٠ِصْرِ وَيُقَصِّرُ قُلْتُ فَإِنْ دَخَلَ أَهْلَهُ قَالَ عَلَيْهِ التَّ٠2.

Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn ‘Isa from ibn Faddal from ‘Abd Allah ibn Bukayr who has said the following: “I once asked abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), about a man who is in al-Basra and he is from al- Kufah. He has a house there and he passes by al-Kufah just as a passer-by without an intention to stay there except for picking up supplies within one or two days.

He (the Imam) said, ‘He is required to stay in one side of the city and perform his Salah (prayer) as reduced.’ I then asked, ‘What is he required to do if he visits his family?’ He (the Imam) said, ‘He is required to perform his Salah (prayer) complete.’” وثق كالصحيح - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (5/383))