مسائل المنتخبه (Articles Of Islamic Acts) - الخوئي، السيد أبوالقاسم - الصفحة ٢٨٥ - Prayers of a Traveller
and increase in his wealth, although in this case the precaution is that he should offer shortened as well as complete prayers.
١٣١١. If a person has journeyed to commit a sin,
he should, on his return, shorten his prayers if the return journey
alone covers ٨ farsakh. And the recommendedprecaution is that if he has
not repented. he should offer shortened as well as complete prayers.
١٣١٢. If the journey of a person is a journey of
sin (i.e. he is journeying with the object of doing something wrong)
and if during the journey he abandons the ideaof committing the sin. and
if the remaining journey consists of ٨ farsakh. or it is ٤ farsakh and
he wants to go and then return covering a distance of ٤ farsakh. he
shouldoffer shortened prayers.
١٣١٣. If a person, who has not proceeded on his
journey to commit a sin, decides during his journey to proceed further
to commit a sin, he should offer completeprayers. However, if the
prayers shortened by him are done according to the prescribed distance
of his past journey (i.e. if he has completed ٨ farsakh of his journey
at theplace where he has changed his mind) they are in order. Otherwise
the obligatory precaution is that he should offer these prayers once
again.
(vi) The sixth condition is that the traveller is not one of the nomads,
who roam about in the deserts and stay at places, where they find food
for themselves and fodder andwater for their animals, and proceed to
some other place after a few days halt. During these journeys the nomads
should offer full prayers.
١٣١٤. If a nomad travels to find out residence
for himself and pasturage for his animals, and carries his baggage with
him, he should offer complete prayers,otherwise, if his journey is ٨
farsakh he should shorten his prayers.
١٣١٥. If a nomad travels for Ziyarat. (pilgrimage) Hajj, trade or any other similar purpose, he should shorten his prayers.
(vii) The seventh condition is that the travelling is not the