Ruling on shortening the prayer while traveling for hunting
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, what is the ruling for the one who goes out hunting? Does he have the right to shorten?
Answer:
If he intends a specific distance of eighty kilometers or more, then he may shorten. But if he does not intend a specific distance and instead follows the game wherever he finds it, whether far or near, then he does not qualify for shortening, because he did not intend a fixed distance. He may find the game close to the town, or he may find it at a great distance, and since he did not intend a specific distance but his aim was simply to hunt wherever he found the game, he does not shorten the prayer and is not considered a traveler.
Honorable Shaykh, what is the ruling for the one who goes out hunting? Does he have the right to shorten?
Answer:
If he intends a specific distance of eighty kilometers or more, then he may shorten. But if he does not intend a specific distance and instead follows the game wherever he finds it, whether far or near, then he does not qualify for shortening, because he did not intend a fixed distance. He may find the game close to the town, or he may find it at a great distance, and since he did not intend a specific distance but his aim was simply to hunt wherever he found the game, he does not shorten the prayer and is not considered a traveler.
Source
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