Shortening the midday prayer and combining it with the afternoon prayer for a traveler on Friday
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The questioner:
If a person is traveling on Friday and wants to pray the midday prayer without a congregation, does he shorten the midday prayer, and does he combine it with the afternoon prayer in shortened form, even though it is Friday?
The Shaykh:
Yes, the traveler prays the midday prayer and combines the afternoon prayer with it. What is prohibited is praying the Friday prayer and combining the afternoon prayer with it; that is what is prohibited. But if he prays the midday prayer, he shortens it.
The questioner:
And he adds.
The Shaykh:
Does he combine the afternoon prayer with it? Yes.
If a person is traveling on Friday and wants to pray the midday prayer without a congregation, does he shorten the midday prayer, and does he combine it with the afternoon prayer in shortened form, even though it is Friday?
The Shaykh:
Yes, the traveler prays the midday prayer and combines the afternoon prayer with it. What is prohibited is praying the Friday prayer and combining the afternoon prayer with it; that is what is prohibited. But if he prays the midday prayer, he shortens it.
The questioner:
And he adds.
The Shaykh:
Does he combine the afternoon prayer with it? Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 047 من 123 / شرح كتاب زاد المستقنع / الجهاد / صالح الفوزان / الفقه / كبار العلماء — youtube.com (1:03:52)
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