Is it permissible for a traveler to shorten the prayer for the first four days and then complete it thereafter?
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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner says: If a traveler intends to stay for more than four days, is it permissible for him to shorten the prayer for the first four days and then complete it after that?
The Shaykh:
The traveler.
The questioner:
If a traveler intends to stay for more than four days, is it permissible for him to shorten and combine the prayers for the first four days and then complete them after that?
The Shaykh:
From the moment he intends to stay, he does not shorten or combine; he prays with the ruling of a resident, not a traveler.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner says: If a traveler intends to stay for more than four days, is it permissible for him to shorten the prayer for the first four days and then complete it after that?
The Shaykh:
The traveler.
The questioner:
If a traveler intends to stay for more than four days, is it permissible for him to shorten and combine the prayers for the first four days and then complete them after that?
The Shaykh:
From the moment he intends to stay, he does not shorten or combine; he prays with the ruling of a resident, not a traveler.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 1497- هل يجوز للمسافر أن يقصر في الأيام الأربعة الأولى ثم يُتمّ بعدها؟ - صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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