The Ruling on Combining and Shortening Prayers While Traveling and the Implication of the Issue of Disagreement
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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: We traveled for a period of five days, and our commander while traveling would combine and shorten the prayers, so we told him that that is not valid.
The Shaykh:
Yes, and what does he say?
The questioner:
We traveled for five days, and our commander while traveling would combine and shorten the prayers, so we told him that that is not valid. He said, "This is a matter of scholarly disagreement," so we prayed for five
The Shaykh:
ten days, meaning as residents. Residents in one place for five days, or that they were walking for five days? We do not know what this question is? What does he say?
The questioner:
He says: We traveled for five days.
The Shaykh:
We sat in the state of travel for five days. Yes, we do not know what this question is. Yes.
The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: A man has
The Shaykh:
a matter in which there is disagreement. Does it become permissible for you to take what you want? No, the matter is a matter of evidence, it is not a matter of disagreement. It is a matter of evidence, and not every disagreement is considered valid except a disagreement that has a share of consideration. Simply saying the matter is one of disagreement, as they say now, if I say "this is not permissible," he says, "The matter, by Allah, there is disagreement in the matter," meaning he takes what agrees with his desire. This is not acceptable. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: We traveled for a period of five days, and our commander while traveling would combine and shorten the prayers, so we told him that that is not valid.
The Shaykh:
Yes, and what does he say?
The questioner:
We traveled for five days, and our commander while traveling would combine and shorten the prayers, so we told him that that is not valid. He said, "This is a matter of scholarly disagreement," so we prayed for five
The Shaykh:
ten days, meaning as residents. Residents in one place for five days, or that they were walking for five days? We do not know what this question is? What does he say?
The questioner:
He says: We traveled for five days.
The Shaykh:
We sat in the state of travel for five days. Yes, we do not know what this question is. Yes.
The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: A man has
The Shaykh:
a matter in which there is disagreement. Does it become permissible for you to take what you want? No, the matter is a matter of evidence, it is not a matter of disagreement. It is a matter of evidence, and not every disagreement is considered valid except a disagreement that has a share of consideration. Simply saying the matter is one of disagreement, as they say now, if I say "this is not permissible," he says, "The matter, by Allah, there is disagreement in the matter," meaning he takes what agrees with his desire. This is not acceptable. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [784 -3022] سافرنا خمسة أيام وكان أميرنا يجمع ويقصر، فقلنا: إن ذلك لا يصح، فقال هذه مسألة خلافية! — youtube.com
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