The ruling on combining and shortening prayers for a traveler before entering the city
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, the questioner says: A man is traveling to Riyadh, and the Maghrib prayer time entered upon him, so he delayed it to combine it with the Isha' prayer. Before entering Riyadh, about thirty kilometers away, the call to prayer for Isha' was made. Is it better for him to shorten and combine the prayers before entering, or should he enter and then pray?
Answer:
He has a choice. He has the choice to pray on the road, combining and shortening, because he is a traveler. He also has the option to delay the second prayer until he reaches the town and then pray it. There is no harm in that; he has a choice.
Honorable Shaykh, the questioner says: A man is traveling to Riyadh, and the Maghrib prayer time entered upon him, so he delayed it to combine it with the Isha' prayer. Before entering Riyadh, about thirty kilometers away, the call to prayer for Isha' was made. Is it better for him to shorten and combine the prayers before entering, or should he enter and then pray?
Answer:
He has a choice. He has the choice to pray on the road, combining and shortening, because he is a traveler. He also has the option to delay the second prayer until he reaches the town and then pray it. There is no harm in that; he has a choice.
Source
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