The ruling on shortening the prayer and combining prayers for a traveler who is staying
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The questioner:
He says: We work in a place that is three hundred and twenty kilometers from our homes, and we stay in the company’s housing at the work site for four or five days. Is it permissible for us to shorten and combine the prayers?
The Shaykh:
What is the distance?
The questioner:
Three hundred and twenty.
The Shaykh:
How many days do they stay?
The questioner:
Five days or four days.
The Shaykh:
Five days? No, if they know that they will stay for more than four days, they are required to complete the prayer. However, if the stay is four days, or if they do not know when they will leave, they shorten the prayer. Yes.
He says: We work in a place that is three hundred and twenty kilometers from our homes, and we stay in the company’s housing at the work site for four or five days. Is it permissible for us to shorten and combine the prayers?
The Shaykh:
What is the distance?
The questioner:
Three hundred and twenty.
The Shaykh:
How many days do they stay?
The questioner:
Five days or four days.
The Shaykh:
Five days? No, if they know that they will stay for more than four days, they are required to complete the prayer. However, if the stay is four days, or if they do not know when they will leave, they shorten the prayer. Yes.
Source
نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 02/222 — archive.org (3:33)
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