The Ruling on Combining and Shortening Prayers for the Traveler
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Question:
Abu Muhammad says: We are currently in the open desert, eighty kilometers from Riyadh. Shaykh, is it valid for us to combine and shorten the prayers?
Answer:
If you are staying for four days or less, or if you do not intend to stay for a specific duration, then you may shorten and combine the prayers. However, as long as you are staying in one place, you should pray shortened without combining; you should pray each prayer in its time, shortened without combining, just as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) did when he stayed in Mina during the days of Hajj. Yes.
Abu Muhammad says: We are currently in the open desert, eighty kilometers from Riyadh. Shaykh, is it valid for us to combine and shorten the prayers?
Answer:
If you are staying for four days or less, or if you do not intend to stay for a specific duration, then you may shorten and combine the prayers. However, as long as you are staying in one place, you should pray shortened without combining; you should pray each prayer in its time, shortened without combining, just as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) did when he stayed in Mina during the days of Hajj. Yes.
Source
فتاوى على الهواء 13-05-1436هـ — af.org.sa (8:46)
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