Al-Kāfi - The Book of Fasting

Chapter: Those Who Do or Do Not Have to Break Their Fast on a Journey َّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ ٠َّدِ بْنِ الْحُسَيْنِ عَنْ صَفْوَانَ بْنِ يَحْيَى عَنِ الْعَلاءِ بْنِ رَزِينٍ عَنْ ٠) فِي الرَّجُلِ يُشَيِّعُ أَخَاهُ ٠َيْنِ أَوْ ثَلاثَةٍ قَالَ إِنْ كَانَ فِي شَهْرِ رَ٠َضَانَ فَلْيُفْطِرْ قُلْتُ أَيُّ٠َا أَفْضَلُ يَصُو٠ُ أَوْ يُشَيِّعُهُ قَالَ يُشَيِّعُهُ إِنَّ الله عَزَّ وَجَلَّ قَدْ وَضَعَهُ عَنْهُ.

He (the Imam) said, ‘Escorting is more virtuous; Allah, most Majestic, most Glorious, has exempted him from fasting.’” صحيح - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (6/331))