The Evidence for the Duration of Shortening the Prayer for the Traveler
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Question:
He says: What is the evidence, may Allah reward you, for the ruling that the duration for shortening the prayer is four days or less? Because there are people who have work that lasts four months, and they shorten the prayer?
Answer:
The evidence is that the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) arrived in Makkah in the year of the Farewell Pilgrimage, on the fourth day of Dhul-Hijjah, and he continued to shorten the prayer. He intended to stay, intending to remain, and he shortened the prayer until he went out on the Day of Tarwiyah to Mina. How many days is that?
That is four days. So if we intend to stay for four days or less, we shorten the prayer, starting with the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him). And whatever exceeds that, one returns to the default ruling for staying. The default ruling for staying is to complete the prayer. The default ruling for staying is to complete the prayer. And this is the position of the majority of scholars that whoever intends to stay for more than four days completes the prayer and fasts Ramadan, because he has become a resident and his state of travel has ended.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you.
He says: What is the evidence, may Allah reward you, for the ruling that the duration for shortening the prayer is four days or less? Because there are people who have work that lasts four months, and they shorten the prayer?
Answer:
The evidence is that the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) arrived in Makkah in the year of the Farewell Pilgrimage, on the fourth day of Dhul-Hijjah, and he continued to shorten the prayer. He intended to stay, intending to remain, and he shortened the prayer until he went out on the Day of Tarwiyah to Mina. How many days is that?
That is four days. So if we intend to stay for four days or less, we shorten the prayer, starting with the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him). And whatever exceeds that, one returns to the default ruling for staying. The default ruling for staying is to complete the prayer. The default ruling for staying is to complete the prayer. And this is the position of the majority of scholars that whoever intends to stay for more than four days completes the prayer and fasts Ramadan, because he has become a resident and his state of travel has ended.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you.
Source
بلوغ المرام [9] — alfawzan.live (57:33)
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