Shortening and Combining Prayers During a Stay in the Wilderness
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: Sometimes we go on a trip to the wilderness and stay for a period not exceeding four days. His question is: Is it permissible for us to shorten the prayer and combine it, or do we shorten it without combining?
Answer:
If you reach the distance for shortening, meaning you intend a place that is eighty kilometers or more, and you stay there for four days or less, then you may shorten the prayer. As for combining, there is no need for it; you pray each prayer in its time, shortened, without combining, as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) did in Mina. During the days of Tashriq, he shortened but did not combine. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: Sometimes we go on a trip to the wilderness and stay for a period not exceeding four days. His question is: Is it permissible for us to shorten the prayer and combine it, or do we shorten it without combining?
Answer:
If you reach the distance for shortening, meaning you intend a place that is eighty kilometers or more, and you stay there for four days or less, then you may shorten the prayer. As for combining, there is no need for it; you pray each prayer in its time, shortened, without combining, as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) did in Mina. During the days of Tashriq, he shortened but did not combine. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 10 من 86 /شرح كتاب إغاثة اللهفان في مصائد الشيطان/صلاح القلب/صالح الفوزان/العقيدة/كبار العلماء — youtube.com (49:57)
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