قُلْتُ لِأَبِي الْحَسَنِ ( عليه السلام ) إِنَّا كُنَّا فِي الْبَيْدَاءِ فِي آخِرِ اللَّيْلِ فَتَوَضَّأْتُ وَ اسْتَكْتُ وَ أَنَا أَهُمُّ بِالصَّلَاةِ ثُمَّ كَأَنَّهُ دَخَلَ قَلْبِي شَيْءٌ فَهَلْ يُصَلَّى فِي الْبَيْدَاءِ فِي الْمَحْمِلِ فَقَالَ لَا تُصَلِّ فِي الْبَيْدَاءِ قُلْتُ وَ أَيْنَ حَدُّ الْبَيْدَاءِ فَقَالَ كَانَ أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ ( عليه السلام ) إِذَا بَلَغَ ذَاتَ الْجَيْشِ جَدَّ فِي السَّيْرِ ثُمَّ لَا يُصَلِّي حَتَّى يَأْتِيَ مُعَرَّسَ النَّبِيِّ ( صلى الله عليه وآله ) قُلْتُ وَ أَيْنَ ذَاتُ الْجَيْشِ فَقَالَ دُونَ الْحَفِيرَةِ بِثَلَاثَةِ أَمْيَالٍ .
Translation
Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Abu Nasr who said, ‘I said to Abu Al-Hassan<sup>asws</sup>, ‘We were in Al-Bayda’a at the end of the night. So I performed ablution and brushed my teeth, and I worried about the <span class="iTxt">Salāt</span>. Then it was as if something entered into my heart. So can one pray <span class="iTxt">Salāt</span> in Al-Bayda’a in the carriage?’ So he<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘You cannot pray <span class="iTxt">Salāt</span> in Al-Bayda’a’. I said, ‘And where is the boundary of Al-Bayda’a?’ So he<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘It was so that whenever Abu Ja’far<sup>asws</sup> reached Zaat Al-Jaysh, would travel faster. Then he<sup>asws</sup> would not pray <span class="iTxt">Salāt</span> until he came over to <span class="iTxt">Muarras</span> of the Prophet<sup>saww</sup>’. I said, ‘And where is Zaat Al-Jaysh?’ So he<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘Besides Al-Hafira, by three miles’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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