The ruling on combining the midday and afternoon prayers before leaving the town for travel
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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, if I am in a town and I want to travel, and I catch the midday prayer, so I prayed
The Shaykh:
What is it?
The questioner:
If I am in a town and I want to travel, and I catch the midday prayer, so I prayed the midday prayer with the congregation in the town, is it permissible for me to combine the afternoon prayer with it? Because I want to travel immediately after the midday prayer?
The Shaykh:
No, combining is a concession of travel. Just as shortening is not permissible, combining is not permissible until you leave the town. The prayer that became obligatory upon you while you were in the town must be completed as a resident’s prayer, and it is not permissible to combine with it the prayer that follows it, because the rulings of travel do not begin in reality until you leave the town. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, if I am in a town and I want to travel, and I catch the midday prayer, so I prayed
The Shaykh:
What is it?
The questioner:
If I am in a town and I want to travel, and I catch the midday prayer, so I prayed the midday prayer with the congregation in the town, is it permissible for me to combine the afternoon prayer with it? Because I want to travel immediately after the midday prayer?
The Shaykh:
No, combining is a concession of travel. Just as shortening is not permissible, combining is not permissible until you leave the town. The prayer that became obligatory upon you while you were in the town must be completed as a resident’s prayer, and it is not permissible to combine with it the prayer that follows it, because the rulings of travel do not begin in reality until you leave the town. Yes.
Source
شرح قرة عيون الموحدين [25] — alfawzan.live (1:12:59)
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