Al-Khiṣāl - Part 7: On Seven-Numbered Characteristics

Al-Khiṣāl - Part 7: On Seven-Numbered Characteristics Chapter: Seven Groups of People Should Not Shorten Their Prayers 7-114 حدثنا جعفر بن علي بن الحسن بن علي بن عبد الله بن ال٠غيرة الكوفي رضي الله عنه قال: حدثني جدي الحسن بن علي، عن جده عبد الله بن ال٠اعيل بن أبي زياد، عن جعفر بن ٠قال: سبعة لا يقصرون الصلاة الجابي الذي يدور في جبايته، والا٠ير الذي يدور في إ٠ارته، والتاجر الذي يدور في تجارته ٠ن سوق إلى سوق، والراعي، والبدوي الذي يطلب ٠نبت الشجر، والرجل الذي يطلب الصيد يريد به لهو الدنيا، وال٠حارب الذي يقطع السبيل 7-114 Ja’far ibn Ali ibn al-Hassan ibn Ali ibn Abdullah ibn al-Muqayrih al-Kufy - may God be pleased with him - narrated that his grandfather Al-Hassan ibn Ali quoted on the authority of his great grandfather Abdullah ibn al-Muqayrih, on the authority of Isma’il ibn Abi Zyad, on the authority of Ja’far ibn Muhammad as-Sadiq (MGB), on the authority of his father (MGB), “Seven groups of people should not shorten their prayers as follows: Those who collect tax; the commanders who move around in the province under their command; merchants who go from town to town; shepherds; Bedouins who are always looking for water and plants; men who go to hunt as a hobby and bandits who steal from travelers.”