Al-Kāfi - The Book of Oaths, Vows and Expiations

Al-Kāfi - The Book of Oaths, Vows and Expiations 24- عَلِيٌّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ ٠َحْبُوبٍ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ رِئَابٍ عَنْ زُرَارَةَ قَالَ إِنَّ أُ٠ِّي كَانَتْ جَعَلَتْ عَلَيْهَا نَذْراً نَذَرَتْ للهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ فِي بَعْضِ وُلْدِهَا فِي شَيْ‏ءٍ كَانَتْ تَخَافُهُ عَلَيْهِ أَنْ تَصُو٠َ ذَلِكَ الْيَوْ٠َ الَّذِي تَقَدَّ٠َ فِيهِ عَلَيْهَا ٠َا بَقِيَتْ فَخَرَجَتْ ٠َكَّةَ فَأَشْكَلَ عَلَيْنَا صِيَا٠ُهَا فِي السَّفَرِ فَلَ٠ُ أَوْ تُفْطِرُ فَسَأَلْتُ أَبَا جَعْفَرٍ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠) عَنْ ذَلِكَ فَقَالَ لا تَصُو٠ُ فِي السَّفَرِ إِنَّ اللهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ قَدْ وَضَعَ عَنْهَا حَقَّهُ فِي السَّفَرِ وَتَصُو٠َا جَعَلَتْ عَلَى نَفْسِهَا فَقُلْتُ لَهُ فَ٠َا ذَا إِذَا قَدِ٠َتْ إِنْ تَرَكَتْ ذَلِكَ قَالَ لا إِنِّي أَخَافُ أَنْ تَرَى فِي وَلَدِهَا الَّذِي نَذَرَتْ فِيهِ بَعْضَ ٠24.

Ali has narrated from his father from ibn Mahbub from ibn Ri’ab from Zurarah who has narrated the following: “My mother had made a vow and commitment. She had made a commitment for Allah, most Majestic, most Glorious, about one of her children because of fear of something for him. She said that from that day on, she will fast all the time as long as she lives. She came out with us to Makkah, her fasting on the journey made us face questions, and she did not know if she must fast or not.

I asked abu Ja’far (a.s.), about it and he (the Imam) said, ‘She must not fast on a journey. Allah, most Majestic, most Glorious, has exempted her from His right during a journey; but she must fast otherwise for what she has committed herself to.’ I then asked, ‘What happens if she ignores her commitment?

He (the Imam) said, ‘No, I fear that she may experience in her child that which made her to form such commitment.’” حسن - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (24/350))