The distance for shortening and combining prayers for employees in their daily work
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Question:
He says: We are a group of employees who work in a city that is approximately seventy kilometers from us. Is it permissible to combine and shorten the prayers daily?
Answer:
By Allah, that is a short distance. The distance for shortening, according to the majority or according to the Hanbalis, requires a journey of two days for a mount. Since each day is forty kilometers, the total is eighty kilometers. So the distance for shortening is eighty kilometers or more, without meaning a slight effort, such as being seventy-five or seventy-nine kilometers. A slight effort does not weaken it. As for a large distance, like seventy kilometers, that is ten, ten kilometers. No, this does not reach the threshold of the intended purpose. Yes.
He says: We are a group of employees who work in a city that is approximately seventy kilometers from us. Is it permissible to combine and shorten the prayers daily?
Answer:
By Allah, that is a short distance. The distance for shortening, according to the majority or according to the Hanbalis, requires a journey of two days for a mount. Since each day is forty kilometers, the total is eighty kilometers. So the distance for shortening is eighty kilometers or more, without meaning a slight effort, such as being seventy-five or seventy-nine kilometers. A slight effort does not weaken it. As for a large distance, like seventy kilometers, that is ten, ten kilometers. No, this does not reach the threshold of the intended purpose. Yes.
Source
لقاء مفتوح بجدة 23-8-1434هـ — alfawzan.live (30:42)
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