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Is it permissible for a traveler to pray the rawatib and the Dhuha prayer?

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Question:
May Allah forgive you, so you prayed. This questioner says: I am a man who goes out to the desert for two days or three, and I pray the midday, afternoon, sunset, and night prayers combined and shortened. I go out to the desert for two or three days, praying the midday, afternoon, sunset, and night prayers combined and shortened. Do I pray the rawatib and the Dhuha prayer, or do I leave them? And what is prescribed regarding their direction?

Answer:
If your journey covers the distance for shortening, which is eighty kilometers or more, you may shorten the four-rak'ah prayers. If you are not fasting, you do not pray the rawatib except for the rawatib of the dawn prayer. As for the other rawatib that are prayed before it, you do not pray them, because this is what is established by the Sunnah, except for the two rak'ahs before the dawn prayer, for the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) did not leave them, neither intentionally nor out of forgetfulness.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، هل يجوز للمسافر صلاة الرواتب والضحى؟ لمعالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com

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