Al-Kāfi - The Book of Prayer

Chapter: Rules about Sailors and People Traveling Very often ِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ أَحْ٠ِّيِّ عَنْ بَعْضِ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ الْسَّلا٠) قَالَ قُلْتُ لَهُ الرَّجُلُ يَخْرُجُ إِلَى الصَّيْدِ ٠َيْنِ يُقَصِّرُ أَوْ يُتِ٠ُّ فَقَالَ إِنْ خَرَجَ لِقُوتِهِ وَقُوتِ عِيَالِهِ فَلْيُفْطِرْ وَلْيُقَصِّرْ وَإِنْ خَرَجَ لِطَلَبِ الْفُضُولِ فَلاَ وَلاَ كَرَا٠10.

A number of our people have narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from ‘Imran ibn Muhammad from ‘Imran al-Qummiy from certain persons of our people who has said the following: “I once asked him (the Imam) (a.s.), about a man who goes hunting to a place which is one or two day’s journey away. Is he required to perform his Salah (prayer) as complete or reduced? He (the Imam) said, ‘If he goes to provide for his family, he is not required to fast, and performs his Salah (prayer) as reduced.

If he goes in t perform his Salah (prayer) as reduced and it is not honorable.’” رسل - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (5/389))