The Rawatib and Duha Prayers While Traveling, with Combining and Shortening
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The questioner:
May Allah forgive you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: I am a man who goes out to the open countryside for two or three days, and I pray the midday, afternoon, sunset, and night prayers combined and shortened.
The Shaykh:
Yes.
The questioner:
He says, may Allah forgive you: I am a man who goes out to the open countryside for two or three days, and I pray the midday, afternoon, sunset, and night prayers combined and shortened. Do I pray the rawatib (regular voluntary prayers) and the Duha prayer, or do I leave them? And what is prescribed for me regarding them?
The Shaykh:
If your journey reaches the distance for shortening the prayer, eighty kilometers or more, you may shorten the four-rak'ah prayer to two rak'ahs. And if you shorten it, you do not pray the rawatib, except for the rawatib of the dawn prayer, which is not left off, whether one is resident or traveling. As for the rest of the rawatib, the one who shortens the prayer leaves them off, because this is what the Sunnah has come with. Except for the rawatib of the dawn prayer, for the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) did not leave it off, whether resident or traveling. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you
May Allah forgive you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: I am a man who goes out to the open countryside for two or three days, and I pray the midday, afternoon, sunset, and night prayers combined and shortened.
The Shaykh:
Yes.
The questioner:
He says, may Allah forgive you: I am a man who goes out to the open countryside for two or three days, and I pray the midday, afternoon, sunset, and night prayers combined and shortened. Do I pray the rawatib (regular voluntary prayers) and the Duha prayer, or do I leave them? And what is prescribed for me regarding them?
The Shaykh:
If your journey reaches the distance for shortening the prayer, eighty kilometers or more, you may shorten the four-rak'ah prayer to two rak'ahs. And if you shorten it, you do not pray the rawatib, except for the rawatib of the dawn prayer, which is not left off, whether one is resident or traveling. As for the rest of the rawatib, the one who shortens the prayer leaves them off, because this is what the Sunnah has come with. Except for the rawatib of the dawn prayer, for the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) did not leave it off, whether resident or traveling. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you
Source
75-اللقاء الأسبوعي مع الشيخ صالح الفوزان - 24 — archive.org (52:06)
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