The distance for shortening the prayer
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Question:
Our Shaykh, we are coming from the city of al-Kharj, which is about seventy kilometers from Riyadh. Yes. We are coming from the city of al-Khud, which is about seventy kilometers from Riyadh. So, are we permitted to avail ourselves of the dispensations for travel, such that we leave off, for example, the regular voluntary prayers?
Answer:
Seventy kilometers is not enough. Two days and forty kilometers is not sufficient for them to be considered a distance for shortening the prayer. The distance for shortening is defined as a two-day journey. One day is forty kilometers, and the total amount in kilometers is eighty kilometers or more. Eighty kilometers or more. As for seventy or sixty, that is not sufficient, and it is not permissible to shorten the prayer. Yes.
Our Shaykh, we are coming from the city of al-Kharj, which is about seventy kilometers from Riyadh. Yes. We are coming from the city of al-Khud, which is about seventy kilometers from Riyadh. So, are we permitted to avail ourselves of the dispensations for travel, such that we leave off, for example, the regular voluntary prayers?
Answer:
Seventy kilometers is not enough. Two days and forty kilometers is not sufficient for them to be considered a distance for shortening the prayer. The distance for shortening is defined as a two-day journey. One day is forty kilometers, and the total amount in kilometers is eighty kilometers or more. Eighty kilometers or more. As for seventy or sixty, that is not sufficient, and it is not permissible to shorten the prayer. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 9 — youtube.com (16:26)
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