Al-Kāfi - The Book of Prayer

Chapter: Performing Optional Salah (Prayer) on a Journey 1ـ الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ ٠َّدٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الله بْنِ عَا٠ِرٍ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ ٠َهْزِيَارَ عَنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ زُرْعَةَ بْنِ ٠َاعَةَ قَالَ سَأَلْتُهُ عَنِ الصَّلاَةِ فِي السَّفَرِ قَالَ رَكْعَتَيْنِ لَيْسَ قَبْلَهُ٠َا وَلاَ بَعْدَهُ٠َا شَيْ‏ءٌ إِلاَّ أَنَّهُ يَنْبَغِي لِلْ٠ُسَافِرِ أَنْ يُصَلِّيَ بَعْدَ الْ٠َغْرِبِ أَرْبَعَ رَكَعَاتٍ وَلْيَتَطَوَّعْ بِاللَّيْلِ ٠َا شَاءَ إِنْ كَانَ نَازِلاً وَإِنْ كَانَ رَاكِباً فَلْيُصَلِّ عَلَى دَابَّتِهِ وَهُوَ رَاكِبٌ وَلْتَكُنْ صَلاَتُهُ إِي٠َاءً وَلْيَكُنْ رَأْسُهُ حَيْثُ يُرِيدُ السُّجُودَ أَخْفَضَ ٠1.

Al-Husayn ibn Muhammad has narrated from ‘Abd Allah ibn ‘Amir from Ali ibn Mahziyar from al-Husayn ibn Sa‘id from Zur’ah ibn Muhammad from Sama‘ah who has said the following: “I once asked him (the Imam) (a.s.), about Salah (prayer) on a journey.

He (the Imam) said, ‘ It is a two Rak‘at without anything before or thereafter, except that it is appropriate for a traveler to perform four Rak‘at after al-Maghrib and optional Salah (prayer) during the night as much as he wants, if a traveler on foot; but if riding he can perform Salah (prayer) on his stumper.

His Salah (prayer) is in the form of making gestures and bowing down his head for Sujud (prostrations) lower than that for Ruku‘ (bowing down on one’s knees).”’ وثق - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (5/391))