مسائل المنتخبه (Articles Of Islamic Acts) - الخوئي، السيد أبوالقاسم - الصفحة ٢٨٢ - Prayers of a Traveller

should return to his place without staying at any place for ١٠ days, he should shorten his prayers, as he is not sure as to whether he should continue his journey or not, although later he may take a firm decision as to whether he should cover the remaining journey or should return to his place.
١٣٠٠. If. after covering a distance of ٤ farsakh. a person wavers whether he should continue his journey for the remaining part of the total of ٨ farsakh or should return to his place, but the probability is that he will stay for ١٠ days at the place where he wavers or at some other place, although he may decide later to proceed on his way without staying for ١٠ days, it is necessary for him in these circumstances to offer complete prayers whether or not he proceeds on his way during the state of indecision. However, if his intention is to cover another ٨ farsakh. or to perform outward journey of ٤ farsakh and return journey of ٤ farsakh, he should offer shortened prayers from the time he departs.
١٣٠١. If before covering a distance of ٤ farsakh a traveller wavers as to whether he should perform his remaining journey or not, and decides later to cover that part of the journey and if his remaining journey is of ٨ farsakh or if he intends to go ٤ farsakh and then to cover return journey of ٤ farsakh. he should shorten his prayers from the time he starts his journey after taking the said decision. And in this event it makes no difference whether of not he covers the journey in the state of indecision. (iv) The fourth condition is that the traveller does not intend passing through his home town or to stay at some place for ١٠ days or more, before he reaches a distance of ٨ farsakh Hence a person, who intends passing through his home town or to stay at a place for ١٠ days, before he covers a distance of ٨ farsakh. should offer full prayers.
١٣٠٢. A person, who does not know whether or not he will