Ruling on combining and shortening prayers for employees who are one hundred and forty kilometers away
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The questioner:
May Allah reward you. The questioner says: Employees work outside Riyadh at a distance of one hundred and forty kilometers. Are they permitted to combine and shorten the Dhuhr and Asr prayers, given that they come to Riyadh at the time of Asr?
The Shaykh:
Forty kilometers is not a distance for shortening. These people are in the ruling of one present in the city, in the ruling of the city’s outskirts. So they have no permission to combine or shorten. Yes.
The questioner:
From the forty, may Allah reward you.
The Shaykh:
One hundred and forty, yes, one hundred and forty. On the road, they shorten and combine. Likewise, at the workplace, if they are not residents but only perform daily work and return, they shorten, whether at the workplace or on the road, and they combine, whether at the workplace or on the road. Yes. However, if they reside at the workplace for more than three days, they are required to complete the prayers, and it is not permissible for them to combine. Yes.
May Allah reward you. The questioner says: Employees work outside Riyadh at a distance of one hundred and forty kilometers. Are they permitted to combine and shorten the Dhuhr and Asr prayers, given that they come to Riyadh at the time of Asr?
The Shaykh:
Forty kilometers is not a distance for shortening. These people are in the ruling of one present in the city, in the ruling of the city’s outskirts. So they have no permission to combine or shorten. Yes.
The questioner:
From the forty, may Allah reward you.
The Shaykh:
One hundred and forty, yes, one hundred and forty. On the road, they shorten and combine. Likewise, at the workplace, if they are not residents but only perform daily work and return, they shorten, whether at the workplace or on the road, and they combine, whether at the workplace or on the road. Yes. However, if they reside at the workplace for more than three days, they are required to complete the prayers, and it is not permissible for them to combine. Yes.
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