Is it permissible to shorten the prayer for one who has stayed a long time in the battlefield?
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Question:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: A person is in the battlefield and is considered a traveler because he is within the distance for shortening the prayer. He knows that the duration of the war is long, exceeding four days, and he does not know when this period will end. Is he allowed to shorten the four-rak'ah prayer?
Answer:
Because he did not intend to settle and stay until the war ends, and he does not know when it will end, so he shortens the prayer. The safe traveler who does not know when his stay will end also shortens the prayer.
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: A person is in the battlefield and is considered a traveler because he is within the distance for shortening the prayer. He knows that the duration of the war is long, exceeding four days, and he does not know when this period will end. Is he allowed to shorten the four-rak'ah prayer?
Answer:
Because he did not intend to settle and stay until the war ends, and he does not know when it will end, so he shortens the prayer. The safe traveler who does not know when his stay will end also shortens the prayer.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [3436/647] هل يجوز قصر الصلاة لمن طال مقامه في أرض المعركة؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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