The ruling on combining and shortening prayers for one who stays more than four days
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The questioner:
Please, Faisal, come on the line. Peace be upon you, Faisal. And upon you be peace. Please, state your question. May you live long, I work in Jubail. You work in Jubail. In Jubail, and my family is in al-Hasa? And your family is in al-Hasa, yes. And my work is from Sunday to Thursday. Is it permissible to shorten the prayer or not? The question is clear, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh:
Yes.
The questioner:
He says: He works in Jubail, O Shaykh, his family is in al-Hasa, and he works from Sunday to Thursday. Is the prayer here shortened and combined?
The Shaykh:
In Jubail, and the place of work is not [a place of residence], because he stays for more than four days, from Sunday to Thursday. Thursday is more than four days, so he does not shorten or combine the prayer in Jubail. Yes.
Please, Faisal, come on the line. Peace be upon you, Faisal. And upon you be peace. Please, state your question. May you live long, I work in Jubail. You work in Jubail. In Jubail, and my family is in al-Hasa? And your family is in al-Hasa, yes. And my work is from Sunday to Thursday. Is it permissible to shorten the prayer or not? The question is clear, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh:
Yes.
The questioner:
He says: He works in Jubail, O Shaykh, his family is in al-Hasa, and he works from Sunday to Thursday. Is the prayer here shortened and combined?
The Shaykh:
In Jubail, and the place of work is not [a place of residence], because he stays for more than four days, from Sunday to Thursday. Thursday is more than four days, so he does not shorten or combine the prayer in Jubail. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [4153] حكم الجمع والقصر لمن يقيم أكثر من أربعة أيام - صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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