Shortening and Combining Prayers for the One on Assignment Traveling Between Jeddah, Ta'if, and Makkah
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The questioner:
A questioner says: We come to the western region every year on assignment. We stay in Jeddah for a period of two months, then we go back and forth between Ta'if, Makkah, and Jeddah. We stay here for three days, and there for four days, or more or less. How should our prayers be? Do we combine and shorten, or...
The Shaykh:
If you are in the town, you hear the adhan, you have a mosque, and you hear the adhan, then pray with the Muslims and complete the prayer with them. Do not say, "We are travelers," and isolate yourselves from the mosque so that you can sit. No, pray with the Muslims and complete the prayer. Whoever hears the call and does not respond has no prayer, except for one with an excuse. However, if you do not have a mosque nearby and your stay is four days or less, you may shorten and combine.
If you do not have a nearby mosque and your stay is less than four days, you may shorten and combine because the state of travel has not ended. But if you intend to stay for more than four days, it is not permissible for you to combine or shorten, because you have become residents and the travel has ended. Yes.
The questioner:
Good.
The Shaykh:
On the road, as you mentioned, on the road you go to Ta'if and return. On the road, you shorten and combine. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you with good,
A questioner says: We come to the western region every year on assignment. We stay in Jeddah for a period of two months, then we go back and forth between Ta'if, Makkah, and Jeddah. We stay here for three days, and there for four days, or more or less. How should our prayers be? Do we combine and shorten, or...
The Shaykh:
If you are in the town, you hear the adhan, you have a mosque, and you hear the adhan, then pray with the Muslims and complete the prayer with them. Do not say, "We are travelers," and isolate yourselves from the mosque so that you can sit. No, pray with the Muslims and complete the prayer. Whoever hears the call and does not respond has no prayer, except for one with an excuse. However, if you do not have a mosque nearby and your stay is four days or less, you may shorten and combine.
If you do not have a nearby mosque and your stay is less than four days, you may shorten and combine because the state of travel has not ended. But if you intend to stay for more than four days, it is not permissible for you to combine or shorten, because you have become residents and the travel has ended. Yes.
The questioner:
Good.
The Shaykh:
On the road, as you mentioned, on the road you go to Ta'if and return. On the road, you shorten and combine. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you with good,
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، محاضرات في العقيدة والدعوة-003-اجتماع الكلمة وأثره في دفع الفتن|صالح الفوزان|كبار العلماء — youtube.com (1:23:24)
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