The distance for shortening the prayer while traveling and how it is calculated
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, is the travel distance for shortening the prayer calculated for the round trip, or only for the one-way trip? And what is the distance? May you be greatly rewarded.
Answer:
No, it is not calculated for the round trip; it is calculated for the one-way trip only. It is eighty kilometers, which is the distance of a two-day journey for a camel. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said:Sahih al-Bukhari 1088 Two days. And with it, a woman who has no mahram (relative one may not marry) exceeds the two-day journey for a camel, counting it as travel that requires a mahram. It is forbidden for a woman to travel this distance except with a mahram. The two-day journey for a camel is eighty kilometers by car today. Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, is the travel distance for shortening the prayer calculated for the round trip, or only for the one-way trip? And what is the distance? May you be greatly rewarded.
Answer:
No, it is not calculated for the round trip; it is calculated for the one-way trip only. It is eighty kilometers, which is the distance of a two-day journey for a camel. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
It is not permissible for a woman who believes in Allah and the Last Day to travel for
لا يحل لامراه تؤمن بالله واليوم الاخر ان تسافر مسيره
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، محاضرات في العقيدة والدعوة-037-الفرق بين التيسير الشرعي والمعاصر|صالح الفوزان|كبار العلماء — youtube.com (48:42)
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