Shortening and Combining Prayers for the Resident in the Wilderness for a Few Days
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The questioner:
Abu Faisal from Riyadh. May peace, mercy, and blessings of Allah be upon you. And upon you be peace, mercy, and blessings of Allah. Please, go ahead. Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. We, may you live long, sometimes go out to the wilderness and sometimes go to the Hijaz to villages that have no mosques and no congregational prayer. So sometimes we shorten and combine the prayers. I do not know if this is permissible for us, Shaykh, or not?
The Shaykh:
What is the distance from the town?
The questioner:
The distance, Shaykh, is more than one hundred and fifty kilometers, and we stay there from one day to three or four days.
The Shaykh:
And you have no mosques with people in them.
The questioner:
No, may you live long, there are no mosques. Sometimes we are in the wilderness, of course there are no mosques. Thank you.
The Shaykh:
Yes, it is permissible for you to shorten and combine the prayers if you need to. However, if you are staying during your travel, staying for each prayer at its time, shortening without combining, that is better. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you.
Abu Faisal from Riyadh. May peace, mercy, and blessings of Allah be upon you. And upon you be peace, mercy, and blessings of Allah. Please, go ahead. Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. We, may you live long, sometimes go out to the wilderness and sometimes go to the Hijaz to villages that have no mosques and no congregational prayer. So sometimes we shorten and combine the prayers. I do not know if this is permissible for us, Shaykh, or not?
The Shaykh:
What is the distance from the town?
The questioner:
The distance, Shaykh, is more than one hundred and fifty kilometers, and we stay there from one day to three or four days.
The Shaykh:
And you have no mosques with people in them.
The questioner:
No, may you live long, there are no mosques. Sometimes we are in the wilderness, of course there are no mosques. Thank you.
The Shaykh:
Yes, it is permissible for you to shorten and combine the prayers if you need to. However, if you are staying during your travel, staying for each prayer at its time, shortening without combining, that is better. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you.
Source
قناة «مؤسسة الدعوة الخيرية»، فتاوى على الهواء 03-08-1434هـ مع معالي الشيخ الفوزان — youtube.com (48:12)
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