Reference for Berakhot 31:22
מי לא עסקינן דקאזיל לדבר מצוה ואפילו הכי אמר רחמנא ליקרי
Are we not here dealing with one who is on his way to perform a religious duty, and even so the All-merciful requires of him the reading [of the Shema'] ?
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