Shortening and Combining Prayers for a Traveler Returning on the Same Day
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Question:
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. A questioner says: A person traveled from Jeddah to Riyadh and then returned on the same day. He attended the Zuhr prayer at Riyadh Airport, where he shortened the prayer and combined Zuhr with Asr. It is known that he will arrive in Jeddah before the Asr prayer. Is his action correct?
Answer:
Yes, his action is correct because he is a traveler, and he has the option to combine prayers either by advancing them or delaying them. He combined them by advancing them. Praise be to Allah, his prayer is valid, if Allah wills, even if he arrives in Jeddah before Asr, because he combined the prayer with Zuhr while he was a traveler, and at the time of combining, he was a traveler. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you with good,
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. A questioner says: A person traveled from Jeddah to Riyadh and then returned on the same day. He attended the Zuhr prayer at Riyadh Airport, where he shortened the prayer and combined Zuhr with Asr. It is known that he will arrive in Jeddah before the Asr prayer. Is his action correct?
Answer:
Yes, his action is correct because he is a traveler, and he has the option to combine prayers either by advancing them or delaying them. He combined them by advancing them. Praise be to Allah, his prayer is valid, if Allah wills, even if he arrives in Jeddah before Asr, because he combined the prayer with Zuhr while he was a traveler, and at the time of combining, he was a traveler. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you with good,
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، محاضرات في العقيدة والدعوة-081-كلكم راع|صالح الفوزان|كبار العلماء — youtube.com (1:03:34)
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