The Ruling on Shortening the Prayer When There Are Multiple Routes
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Question:
The questioner says: If a city has more than one route, and one of them is more than one hundred kilometers while the other is less than eighty kilometers, is traveling by one of them considered travel, while the other is not considered travel?
Answer:
It is not obligatory for you to take the shorter route; you are not required to do so. You may travel by the longer route or by the shorter one, as the longer one is greater. However, if you take the shorter route, you do not shorten the prayer, because it has not reached the distance for shortening. But if you travel by the longer route, you shorten the prayer. Yes.
The questioner says: If a city has more than one route, and one of them is more than one hundred kilometers while the other is less than eighty kilometers, is traveling by one of them considered travel, while the other is not considered travel?
Answer:
It is not obligatory for you to take the shorter route; you are not required to do so. You may travel by the longer route or by the shorter one, as the longer one is greater. However, if you take the shorter route, you do not shorten the prayer, because it has not reached the distance for shortening. But if you travel by the longer route, you shorten the prayer. Yes.
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