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التَّقْصِيرُ فِي بَرِيدٍ وَ الْبَرِيدُ أَرْبَعَةُ فَرَاسِخَ.
“Abu Ja’far (a.s.), has said, ‘Salah (prayer) is reduced after traveling a distance of one barid and one barid is four farasikh (which is twelve miles).”’
Required Length of Distance of a Journey for Shortened Salah (Prayer)
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قُلْتُ لِأَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع أَدْنَى مَا يَقْصُرُ فِيهِ الْمُسَافِرُ فَقَالَ بَرِيدٌ.
“I once asked abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), about the minimum distance after the traveling of which a traveler reduces his Salah (prayer). He (the Imam) said, ‘It is one barid.’”
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بَيْنَا نَحْنُ جُلُوسٌ وَ أَبِي عِنْدَ وَالٍ لِبَنِي أُمَيَّةَ عَلَى الْمَدِينَةِ إِذْ جَاءَ أَبِي فَجَلَسَ فَقَالَ كُنْتُ عِنْدَ هَذَا قُبَيْلُ فَسَأَلَهُمْ عَنِ التَّقْصِيرِ فَقَالَ قَائِلٌ مِنْهُمْ فِي ثَلَاثٍ[1] وَ قَالَ قَائِلٌ مِنْهُمْ يَوْمٍ وَ لَيْلَةٍ وَ قَالَ قَائِلٌ مِنْهُمْ رَوْحَةٍ فَسَأَلَنِي[2] فَقُلْتُ لَهُ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ص لَمَّا نَزَلَ عَلَيْهِ جَبْرَئِيلُ ع بِالتَّقْصِيرِ قَالَ لَهُ النَّب
3. Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Muhammad ibn al-Husayn from Muhammad ibn Yahya al-Khazzaz from certain persons of our people who has said the following: “Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said, ‘Once we were sitting and my father was with the governor of banu ‘Umayyah over the people of al-Madinah. My father came back
alkafi-5489Vol. 3, p. 433
سُئِلَ عَنْ حَدِّ الْأَمْيَالِ الَّتِي يَجِبُ فِيهَا التَّقْصِيرُ فَقَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ص جَعَلَ حَدَّ الْأَمْيَالِ مِنْ ظِلِّ عَيْرٍ إِلَى ظِلِّ وُعَيْرٍ وَ هُمَا جَبَلَانِ بِالْمَدِينَةِ فَإِذَا طَلَعَتِ الشَّمْسُ وَقَعَ ظِلُّ عَيْرٍ إِلَى ظِلِّ وُعَيْرٍ وَ هُوَ الْمِيلُ الَّذِي وَضَعَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص عَلَيْهِ التَّقْصِيرَ.
“Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), was asked about the limit of the miles which is involved in Taqsir (reducing Salah (prayer) on a journey after traveling a certain distance). Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), said, ‘The Messenger of Allah had determined the limits of such mile to be from the shadow of ‘Ayr to the shadow of O’ Ayr and they
alkafi-5490Vol. 3, p. 433
سَأَلْتُ أَبَا الْحَسَنِ ع عَنْ قَوْمٍ خَرَجُوا فِي سَفَرٍ فَلَمَّا انْتَهَوْا إِلَى الْمَوْضِعِ الَّذِي يَجِبُ عَلَيْهِمْ فِيهِ التَّقْصِيرُ قَصَّرُوا مِنَ الصَّلَاةِ فَلَمَّا صَارُوا عَلَى فَرْسَخَيْنِ أَوْ عَلَى ثَلَاثَةِ فَرَاسِخَ أَوْ أَرْبَعَةٍ تَخَلَّفَ عَنْهُمْ رَجُلٌ لَا يَسْتَقِيمُ لَهُمْ سَفَرُهُمْ إِلَّا بِهِ فَأَقَامُوا يَنْتَظِرُونَ مَجِيئَهُ إِلَيْهِمْ وَ هُمْ لَا يَسْتَقِيمُ لَهُمُ السَّفَرُ إِلَّا بِ
“I once asked abu al-Hassan (a.s.), about the case of a people who are on a journey. When they arrived at the place where they were required to perform their Salah (prayer) in a reduced form, they reduced their Salah (prayer). After traveling two, three, or four farsakh, one of them without whom their journey could not