Al-Kāfi - The Book of Fasting

Chapter: Optional Fasting on a Journey and Qada’ (compensatory fast) of Fasting Missed on a Journey َرْزُبَانِ بْنِ عِ٠ْرَانَ قَالَ قُلْتُ لِلرِّضَا (عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَ٠) أُرِيدُ السَّفَرَ فَأَصُو٠ُ لِشَهْرِيَ الَّذِي أُسَافِرُ فِيهِ قَالَ لا قُلْتُ فَإِذَا قَدِ٠ْتُ أَقْضِيهِ قَالَ لا كَ٠ُ كَذَلِكَ لا تَقْضِي. 4.

Ahmad ibn Muhammad has narrated from al-Marzuban ibn ‘Imran who has said the following: “I once asked al-Rida’ (a.s.), that I like to travel; can I fast in the month in which I am on a journey? He (the Imam) said, ‘No, you cannot do so.’ ‘Can I complete its Qada’ (compensatory fast) when I come home?’ I asked.

He (the Imam) said, ‘No, just as you cannot fast in the same way you cannot carry out its Qada’ (compensatory fast).”’ حسن - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (16/333))