If one goes out on a trip that covers the distance for shortening the prayer, is it permissible for him to combine and shorten?
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, if we go out for a picnic in the countryside and it turns out afterwards that it covers the distance for shortening the prayer, may we combine and shorten?
Answer:
You have heard the answer. If you intended to travel the distance, and it is eighty kilometers or more, you shorten the prayer. But if you went out and did not know where you were going, whether near or far, then shortening is not permissible for you because you did not intend a specific distance. Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, if we go out for a picnic in the countryside and it turns out afterwards that it covers the distance for shortening the prayer, may we combine and shorten?
Answer:
You have heard the answer. If you intended to travel the distance, and it is eighty kilometers or more, you shorten the prayer. But if you went out and did not know where you were going, whether near or far, then shortening is not permissible for you because you did not intend a specific distance. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، من خرج في نزهة تبعد مسافة قصر هل يجوز له الجمع والقصر؟ للشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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