The ruling on combining and shortening prayers for a traveler who returned partway through the journey
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Question:
Following this, a message was received for the program from one of the listening brothers. He says: Your brother 'Abd al-'Alim Abu al-Futuh, an Egyptian working in the Eastern Region. Our brother says: I went on a journey of a distance exceeding two hundred and fifty kilometers. Then the time for the Zuhr prayer came upon me. And I said to myself, I will pray Zuhr with 'Asr. Three rak'ahs, shortened, and I returned, and the time for the 'Asr prayer arrived while I was on the road, and the distance between me and the town where I reside is less than eighty-four kilometers. Do I pray Zuhr with 'Asr shortened, or do I pray Zuhr shortened and 'Asr as it is usually prayed? May Allah reward you with good. If he took a large distance of the road, or more, then
Answer:
if he returned, he is considered a traveler. He shortens the Zuhr and 'Asr prayers, and he may combine them. As for if the distance he returned from is less than eighty kilometers, this is not a distance. He must complete the prayer, and he must pray each prayer in its time, because he did not reach the distance for shortening, as he returned before reaching it. He says: I went on a journey of a distance exceeding 250 km, and the time for the Zuhr prayer came upon me, and I said to myself, I will pray Zuhr with 'Asr as a shortened prayer, and I returned, and the time for the 'Asr prayer arrived while I was on the road, and the distance between me and the town where I reside is less than 84 km. Do I pray Zuhr with 'Asr shortened, or do I pray Zuhr shortened and 'Asr as it is usually prayed? This has two possibilities. His statement "I returned" could mean that he reached the town he went to, which is more than two hundred kilometers, and then returned. In this case, he is considered a traveler on his return, just as he is considered a traveler on his way there. He shortens the prayer, and he combines the two prayers, either combining by bringing forward or combining by delaying. But if the meaning of his statement "I returned" is that he returned from partway through the road, then as we have detailed: if he took a distance of eighty kilometers or more of the road, he also has the ruling of a traveler. He breaks his fast and combines if he wishes. And as for if his return was less
Following this, a message was received for the program from one of the listening brothers. He says: Your brother 'Abd al-'Alim Abu al-Futuh, an Egyptian working in the Eastern Region. Our brother says: I went on a journey of a distance exceeding two hundred and fifty kilometers. Then the time for the Zuhr prayer came upon me. And I said to myself, I will pray Zuhr with 'Asr. Three rak'ahs, shortened, and I returned, and the time for the 'Asr prayer arrived while I was on the road, and the distance between me and the town where I reside is less than eighty-four kilometers. Do I pray Zuhr with 'Asr shortened, or do I pray Zuhr shortened and 'Asr as it is usually prayed? May Allah reward you with good. If he took a large distance of the road, or more, then
Answer:
if he returned, he is considered a traveler. He shortens the Zuhr and 'Asr prayers, and he may combine them. As for if the distance he returned from is less than eighty kilometers, this is not a distance. He must complete the prayer, and he must pray each prayer in its time, because he did not reach the distance for shortening, as he returned before reaching it. He says: I went on a journey of a distance exceeding 250 km, and the time for the Zuhr prayer came upon me, and I said to myself, I will pray Zuhr with 'Asr as a shortened prayer, and I returned, and the time for the 'Asr prayer arrived while I was on the road, and the distance between me and the town where I reside is less than 84 km. Do I pray Zuhr with 'Asr shortened, or do I pray Zuhr shortened and 'Asr as it is usually prayed? This has two possibilities. His statement "I returned" could mean that he reached the town he went to, which is more than two hundred kilometers, and then returned. In this case, he is considered a traveler on his return, just as he is considered a traveler on his way there. He shortens the prayer, and he combines the two prayers, either combining by bringing forward or combining by delaying. But if the meaning of his statement "I returned" is that he returned from partway through the road, then as we have detailed: if he took a distance of eighty kilometers or more of the road, he also has the ruling of a traveler. He breaks his fast and combines if he wishes. And as for if his return was less
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نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 01/103 — archive.org (10:04)
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