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According to the most Shi'a faqihs<ref>''Al-Muʿtabar'', vol.2, p.785; ''Dhakhīrat al-maʿād'', vol.1, p.551</ref> the distance from Mecca should be 48 Arabic miles (~88km).<ref>''Al-Nihāya'', al-Ṭūsī, p.206; ''Al-Muʿtabar'', vol.2, p.784; ''Taḥrīr al-aḥkām'', vol.1, p.558</ref> Some Shia faqihs consider a quarter of the distance sufficient.<ref>''Al-Mabsūṭ'', al-Ṭūsī, vol.1, p.306; ''Al-Wasīla'', p.157; ''Ghunyat al-nuzuʿ'', p.151</ref> Their main reason is the contrast of "ḥāḍir" (present) and "musāfir" ([[traveler]]) in the verse Quran 2:196; as the minimum distance for a traveler in shari'a is four parasangs (~22 km) that distinguishes the "ḥāḍir" and "āfāqī".<ref>''Jawāhir al-kalām'', vol.18, p.9</ref> some have summed up the two views that 88km means 22km in four directions of Mecca.<ref>''Al-Sarāʾir'', vol.1, p.519; ''Kashf al-rumūz'', vol.1, p.336; ''Majmaʿ al-fādʾida'', vol.6, p.15</ref> | According to the most Shi'a faqihs<ref>''Al-Muʿtabar'', vol.2, p.785; ''Dhakhīrat al-maʿād'', vol.1, p.551</ref> the distance from Mecca should be 48 Arabic miles (~88km).<ref>''Al-Nihāya'', al-Ṭūsī, p.206; ''Al-Muʿtabar'', vol.2, p.784; ''Taḥrīr al-aḥkām'', vol.1, p.558</ref> Some Shia faqihs consider a quarter of the distance sufficient.<ref>''Al-Mabsūṭ'', al-Ṭūsī, vol.1, p.306; ''Al-Wasīla'', p.157; ''Ghunyat al-nuzuʿ'', p.151</ref> Their main reason is the contrast of "ḥāḍir" (present) and "musāfir" ([[traveler]]) in the verse Quran 2:196; as the minimum distance for a traveler in shari'a is four parasangs (~22 km) that distinguishes the "ḥāḍir" and "āfāqī".<ref>''Jawāhir al-kalām'', vol.18, p.9</ref> some have summed up the two views that 88km means 22km in four directions of Mecca.<ref>''Al-Sarāʾir'', vol.1, p.519; ''Kashf al-rumūz'', vol.1, p.336; ''Majmaʿ al-fādʾida'', vol.6, p.15</ref> | ||
The last view is not accepted by many faqihs for several reasons,<ref>''Mukhtalaf al-Shīʿa'', vol.4, p.27; ''Dhakhīrat al-maʿād'', vol.1, p.551</ref> including, there are hadiths<ref>''Tahdhīb'', vol.5, p.32-33; ''Al-Istibṣār'', vol.2, p.157-58</ref> that people of places like [[Dhāt | The last view is not accepted by many faqihs for several reasons,<ref>''Mukhtalaf al-Shīʿa'', vol.4, p.27; ''Dhakhīrat al-maʿād'', vol.1, p.551</ref> including, there are hadiths<ref>''Tahdhīb'', vol.5, p.32-33; ''Al-Istibṣār'', vol.2, p.157-58</ref> that people of places like [[Dhāt ʿIrq]], [[ʿUsfān]], [[Marr]], and [[Sarf]] that are more than 22km away from Mecca,<ref>''Mukhtalaf al-Shīʿa'', vol.4, p.26; ''Kashf al-lithām'', vol.1, p.277</ref> are considered people of Mecca. There is a rare view in Shi'a fiqh that afaqi are considered people that have a distance of more than 33km from Mecca.<ref>see: ''Al-Kāfī'', al-Kulaynī, vol.4, p.300; ''Jawāhir al-kalām'', vol.18, p.8</ref> | ||
==Origin of the Distance== | ==Origin of the Distance== | ||