The ruling on shortening the prayer in a furnished apartment while traveling
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Question:
And may Allah bless you. Abu Muhammad, Honorable Shaykh, he sent a question, and the summary of this question is: We are a group of people who traveled from one area to another, a distance of three hundred kilometers between them, and we stayed in one of the furnished apartments for approximately six days, and we were praying shortened inside the apartment. The question here, Honorable Shaykh, is what is the ruling on the prayers we performed? And if they are not valid, what do we do? May you be rewarded.
Answer:
First, your prayer in the apartment while a mosque is near you: if you have a mosque nearby and you hear the adhan, it is not permissible for you to pray in the apartment; rather, it is obligatory for you to go to the mosque and respond to the mu'adhdhin, and pray with the Muslims. Second.
As for the days you stayed, if you intended to stay for more than four days, then shortening is not valid for you because you have become residents. Your ruling is the ruling of residents, so you are required to complete the prayer. But if you did not have an intention and you did not know when you would travel, there is no harm in shortening.
There is no harm in shortening for the duration of your stay, even if it is long, if you did not have a fixed period for your stay and you did not know at what time you would travel. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you with good, O Shaykh.
And may Allah bless you. Abu Muhammad, Honorable Shaykh, he sent a question, and the summary of this question is: We are a group of people who traveled from one area to another, a distance of three hundred kilometers between them, and we stayed in one of the furnished apartments for approximately six days, and we were praying shortened inside the apartment. The question here, Honorable Shaykh, is what is the ruling on the prayers we performed? And if they are not valid, what do we do? May you be rewarded.
Answer:
First, your prayer in the apartment while a mosque is near you: if you have a mosque nearby and you hear the adhan, it is not permissible for you to pray in the apartment; rather, it is obligatory for you to go to the mosque and respond to the mu'adhdhin, and pray with the Muslims. Second.
As for the days you stayed, if you intended to stay for more than four days, then shortening is not valid for you because you have become residents. Your ruling is the ruling of residents, so you are required to complete the prayer. But if you did not have an intention and you did not know when you would travel, there is no harm in shortening.
There is no harm in shortening for the duration of your stay, even if it is long, if you did not have a fixed period for your stay and you did not know at what time you would travel. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you with good, O Shaykh.
Source
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