قُلْتُ لِأَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) إِنِّي جَعَلْتُ عَلَى نَفْسِي شُكْراً لِلَّهِ رَكْعَتَيْنِ أُصَلِّيهِمَا فِي الْحَضَرِ وَ السَّفَرِ أَ فَأُصَلِّيهِمَا فِي السَّفَرِ بِالنَّهَارِ فَقَالَ نَعَمْ ثُمَّ قَالَ إِنِّي أَكْرَهُ الْإِيجَابَ أَنْ يُوجِبَ الرَّجُلُ عَلَى نَفْسِهِ قُلْتُ إِنِّي لَمْ أَجْعَلْهُمَا لِلَّهِ عَلَيَّ إِنَّمَا جَعَلْتُ ذَلِكَ عَلَى نَفْسِي أُصَلِّيهِمَا شُكْراً لِلَّهِ وَ لَمْ أُوجِبْهُمَا عَلَى نَفْسِي أَ فَأَدَعُهُمَا إِذَا شِئْتُ قَالَ نَعَمْ .
Translation
Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Safwan, from Is’haq Bin Ammar who said, ‘I said to Abu Abdullah<sup>asws</sup>, ‘I have made it upon myself, a gratefulness for the Sake of Allah<sup>azwj</sup>, two Cycles that I shall be Praying during the staying and the travelling. Shall I Pray these two in the travel by the day?’ So he<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘Yes’. Then he<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘My<sup>asws</sup> father<sup>asws</sup> disliked the obligation if the man obligates upon himself’. I said, ‘I did not make these two (obligatory) upon myself for the Sake of Allah<sup>azwj</sup>. That is upon me to Pray these two as a gratitude for Allah<sup>azwj</sup>, and I did not make these two an obligation upon myself. So, can I fulfill these whenever I so desire to?’ He<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘Yes’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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