We come to Riyadh on Saturday and return on Wednesday; is it permissible for us to shorten the prayer and combine it?
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Question:
He says: We are young men who come to Riyadh on the night of Saturday, and we do not return until Wednesday. Is it permissible for us to shorten the prayer and combine it? And do we pray the regular voluntary prayers (rawatib), or is it better not to pray them?
Answer:
O, glorified is Allah! You want to stay for a full week and shorten the prayer? Who said that? The majority of the scholars hold that if one intends to stay for more than four days, he completes the prayer because he has become a resident and his travel has ended. His travel is broken by this stay, so he completes the prayer, fasts, and considers himself a resident until he resumes his travel. When he resumes it, the rulings of travel resume for him. Yes.
He says: We are young men who come to Riyadh on the night of Saturday, and we do not return until Wednesday. Is it permissible for us to shorten the prayer and combine it? And do we pray the regular voluntary prayers (rawatib), or is it better not to pray them?
Answer:
O, glorified is Allah! You want to stay for a full week and shorten the prayer? Who said that? The majority of the scholars hold that if one intends to stay for more than four days, he completes the prayer because he has become a resident and his travel has ended. His travel is broken by this stay, so he completes the prayer, fasts, and considers himself a resident until he resumes his travel. When he resumes it, the rulings of travel resume for him. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 252 - نأتي إلى الرياض يوم السبت ونعود الأربعاء فهل يجوز لنا أن نقصر الصلاة ونجمعها؟ الشيخ الفوزان — youtube.com
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