The distance considered for shortening the prayer
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Question:
This questioner says: I go to Haraimah for work, and I return over the same distance at the same time. What is the prescribed and recognized distance for shortening my prayer?
Answer:
The distance is a two-day journey for a mount, which is estimated at eighty kilometers. Each leg is forty kilometers. If the distance between Riyadh and al-Haraim reaches this distance outside the built-up area, the distance is measured from outside the built-up area. If the distance between the two places outside the built-up area is eighty kilometers, then it is travel in which the prayer is shortened. Yes.
This questioner says: I go to Haraimah for work, and I return over the same distance at the same time. What is the prescribed and recognized distance for shortening my prayer?
Answer:
The distance is a two-day journey for a mount, which is estimated at eighty kilometers. Each leg is forty kilometers. If the distance between Riyadh and al-Haraim reaches this distance outside the built-up area, the distance is measured from outside the built-up area. If the distance between the two places outside the built-up area is eighty kilometers, then it is travel in which the prayer is shortened. Yes.
Source
نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 02/276 — archive.org (11:28)
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