The distance for shortening the prayer
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Question:
May Allah reward you with good and do you well. Our brother asks: What is the distance at which the four-rak'ah prayer is shortened? I have heard that the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) shortened the prayer at a distance of three miles while he could see the nobles of Madinah, and there are those who say it is eighty kilometers or more. What is the correct position? And what is the minimum distance at which the prayer is shortened? May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, says:[An-Nisa 4:101] Thus, the permissibility of shortening is tied to travel, which is moving across the earth. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), whenever he traveled, would shorten the prayer from the moment he left Madinah until he returned to it. As for the distance, there is scholarly disagreement among the people of knowledge. The ruling issued in this land is that the distance is estimated at eighty kilometers or more, which is a two-day journey for a mount. A two-day journey for a mount. His saying (peace and blessings be upon him): Sahih al-Bukhari 1088 two days, except if she has a mahram (a relative one may not marry) with her. So the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) defined the travel that requires a mahram as a two-day journey, meaning two stages for a mount, based on the walking of feet and the slow movement of loads at that time. This distance was estimated as an eighty-kilometer journey, meaning each stage is forty kilometers. This is the practice that has been followed in this land. There are those who hold that the distance is a three-day journey for a mount, and some hold that it is a day and a night. And some hold that any travel that is called travel, for which one takes provisions and extra supplies, allows for the dispensation of breaking the fast, shortening the prayer, and combining the two prayers. In any case, the matter is as we mentioned: the ruling issued and the practice followed in this land is a two-day journey, which is estimated at eighty kilometers. Yes.
May Allah reward you with good and do you well. Our brother asks: What is the distance at which the four-rak'ah prayer is shortened? I have heard that the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) shortened the prayer at a distance of three miles while he could see the nobles of Madinah, and there are those who say it is eighty kilometers or more. What is the correct position? And what is the minimum distance at which the prayer is shortened? May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, says:
And when you travel throughout the land, there is no blame upon you for shortening the prayer
وَإِذَا ضَرَبْتُمْ فِي الْأَرْضِ فَلَيْسَ عَلَيْكُمْ جُنَاحٌ أَن تَقْصُرُوا مِنَ الصَّلَاةِIt is not permissible for a woman who believes in Allah and the Last Day to travel for
لا يحل لامرأة تؤمن بالله واليوم الآخر أن تسافر مسيرة
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 4405- مسافة القصر للصلاة - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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