Hadith record

5. Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from al-Hassan ibn Mahbub from ibn Sinan who has said the following: “I once asked abu ‘Abd Allah, ‘Alayhi al-Salam, about a man who travels in the month of Ramadan and with him there is his slave-girl: if he can experience sexual relation with her during the day in the month of Ramadan. He (the Imam) said, ‘Allah is free of all defects. Does he not recognize any respect for the month of Ramadan and that during the night there is a long time for him?’ I then asked, ‘Can he not eat, drink and reduce his Salat (prayer)?’ He (the Imam) said, ‘Allah, most Blessed, most High, has granted permission to stop fasting and reduce one’s Salat (prayer) while on a journey. It is as a mercy and to provide ease for him; he becomes tired because of the difficulties of traveling. He has not granted permission to have sexual relation with a woman on a journey during the day in the month of Ramadan. He has made Qada’ (compensatory fast) of the fast of the month of Ramadan obligatory on him but He has not made Qada’ (compensatory) Salat (prayer) in complete form obligatory when he returns from his journey.’ He (the Imam) then said, ‘It is not permissible to measure the Sunnah by means of analogy. When I travel in the month of Ramadan I do not eat more than bare necessities and do not drink to completely quench my thirst.’”

Translation: Muhammad Sarwar — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.