مسائل المنتخبه (Articles Of Islamic Acts) - الخوئي، السيد أبوالقاسم - الصفحة ٢٨٣ - Prayers of a Traveller

pass through his home town, before reaching a place, which is at a distance of ٨ farsakh, or whether he will stay at a place for ١٠ days, or a person who is not sure as to whether he should pass through his home-town. or stay at a place for ١٠ days, should offer complete prayers even though he may abandon the idea of staying at a place for ١٠ days or passing through his home-town. However, if the remaining distance is ٨ farsakh or it is ٤ farsakh and he wishes to go and return and the return journey. too, is of ٤ farsakh, he should offer shortened prayers.
١٣٠٣. A person who wishes to pass through his home-town before he reaches a distance of ٨ farsakh or to stay at a place for ١٠ days or a person who is not sure about passing through his home-town or staying at a place for ١٠ days, should offer complete prayers even though he abandons the idea of passing through his home town or staying at a place for ١٠ days. However, if the remaining journey is of ٨ farsakh or ٤ farsakh. and he wishes to go and return and the return journey is also of ٤ farsakh. he should shorten his prayers.
(v) The fifth condition is that the purpose of travelling is not an unlawful act. In case, therefore, a person travels to do some- thing unlawful (for example to commit theft) he should offer full prayers. The same order applies when travelling itself is un- lawful, for example, when travelling harms the traveller it is unlawful, or when a wife travels without the permission of her husband and it may be said that the wife is disobedient to her husband, or when a child tie. son or daughter) travels in spite of the parents prohibiting him/her from doing so, and it may be said that the child if disobedient to his/her parents when travelling is also not obligatory for them. But when travelling is obligatory (e.g. pilgrimage to Makkah), the prayers should be shortened.
١٣٠٤. A journey. which is not obligatory. and is a source of