Shortening the Prayer in Land Travel and the Duration of Stay
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The questioner:
The questioner says: I often travel to the desert on workdays. So, with Allah’s permission, I ask you to explain the ruling on that.
The Shaykh:
If you travel a distance of more than eighty kilometers, it is permissible for you to shorten the prayer because you are travelers, even if the travel is for recreation, as long as the travel is for something permissible. As for staying on land, if your stay is less than four days, it is permissible for you to shorten the prayer as well. However, if you intend to stay for more than four days, you must complete the prayer, because the cause for shortening is severed by this intention. Yes. The student who carries Islam from the claim. On Friday, the hands are not raised, neither by the imam nor by the one praying behind him, except in the prayer for rain. In the prayer for rain, the imam raises his hands and the people behind him raise their hands, whether the prayer for rain is in the Friday sermon or in the sermon for rain. In other cases, the hands are not raised during the sermon, neither by the imam nor by the one praying behind him. Yes.
The questioner says: I often travel to the desert on workdays. So, with Allah’s permission, I ask you to explain the ruling on that.
The Shaykh:
If you travel a distance of more than eighty kilometers, it is permissible for you to shorten the prayer because you are travelers, even if the travel is for recreation, as long as the travel is for something permissible. As for staying on land, if your stay is less than four days, it is permissible for you to shorten the prayer as well. However, if you intend to stay for more than four days, you must complete the prayer, because the cause for shortening is severed by this intention. Yes. The student who carries Islam from the claim. On Friday, the hands are not raised, neither by the imam nor by the one praying behind him, except in the prayer for rain. In the prayer for rain, the imam raises his hands and the people behind him raise their hands, whether the prayer for rain is in the Friday sermon or in the sermon for rain. In other cases, the hands are not raised during the sermon, neither by the imam nor by the one praying behind him. Yes.
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75-لقاءات مع الشيخ صالح الفوزان - 04---13-8-1420 — archive.org (46:25)
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