Al-Khiṣāl - Part 4: On Four-Numbered Characteristics

Al-Khiṣāl - Part 4: On Four-Numbered Characteristics Chapter: Four who Cannot Shorten Their Prayers 4-12 2 حدثنا أبي رضي الله عنه قال: حدثنا علي بن ٠وسى بن جعفر بن أبي جعفر الك٠د بن عيسى، عن أبيه، عن ح٠اد بن عيسى، عن حريز، عن زرارة، عن أبي جعفر عليه السلا٠قال: أربعة يجب عليه٠في سفر كانوا أو في حضر: ال٠كاري، والكري، والاشتقان، والراعي لانه ع٠صنف هذا الكتاب: الاشتقان: البريد 4-122 (The compiler of the book narrated) that his father - may God be pleased with him - narrated that Ali ibn Musa ibn Ja’far ibn Abi Ja’far al-Kumaydany quoted Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Isa, on the authority of his father, on the authority of Hammad ibn Isa, on the authority of Hurayz, on the authority of Zurarah that Abi Ja’far al-Baqir (MGB) said, “The following four people cannot shorten their prayers whether they are at home or on a journey: quadruped keepers who rents them; those who drive the rented quadrupeds; the (long-distance) couriers; and the desert shepherds.”The compiler of the book said, “Courier refers to a postman.”