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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Shortening and Combining Prayers on the Days of Tashriq

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Question:
Is shortening the prayer on the Days of Tashriq done by combining Dhuhr with Asr, or is each obligatory prayer shortened at its designated time? And is staying overnight in al-Hudaybiyah permissible, and why?

Answer:
You take. The recommended practice (sunnah) is to pray two rak'ahs: two for Dhuhr, two for Asr, and two for Isha. This is shortening (qasr). As for combining Dhuhr with Asr, and Maghrib with Isha, that is called combining (jam'), not shortening. However, this contradicts the common custom; the general public call it shortening, which is a mistake. Shortening is praying the four-rak'ah prayers as two rak'ahs; this is shortening. Praying two rak'ahs instead of four, and this applies to Dhuhr, Asr, and Isha. As for combining, it is adding Dhuhr to Asr, and adding Maghrib to Isha; this is called combining. What is prescribed for the people of Mina is to shorten without combining, shortening at their proper times. Yes.
Source فتاوى الحج - ١ - ١٤٠٥ هـ — archive.org (5:30)

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