The Ruling on Combining and Shortening Prayers for the Traveler
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Question:
The questioner says: I travel to Dammam every week, and that is on Friday. May I combine the midday prayer with the afternoon prayer? And how?
Answer:
If you leave the buildings of your city as a traveler, traveling a distance of 80 kilometers or more, it is permissible for you to shorten the prayer and combine the two prayers: shortening the four-rak'ah prayers and combining the midday and afternoon prayers, and the sunset and night prayers, in the time of one of them, as long as you are in the state of travel and on the road. This is a dispensation that Allah has granted to His servants,[An-Nisa 4:101] meaning, "You traveled" [An-Nisa 4:101]. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to shorten the prayer in his travels from the time he left Madinah until he returned to it, taking the dispensation of Allah the Exalted. Yes.
The questioner says: I travel to Dammam every week, and that is on Friday. May I combine the midday prayer with the afternoon prayer? And how?
Answer:
If you leave the buildings of your city as a traveler, traveling a distance of 80 kilometers or more, it is permissible for you to shorten the prayer and combine the two prayers: shortening the four-rak'ah prayers and combining the midday and afternoon prayers, and the sunset and night prayers, in the time of one of them, as long as you are in the state of travel and on the road. This is a dispensation that Allah has granted to His servants,
And when you travel throughout the land
وَإِذَا ضَرَبْتُمْ فِي الْأَرْضِthere is no blame upon you for shortening the prayer
فَلَيْسَ عَلَيْكُمْ جُنَاحٌ أَن تَقْصُرُوا مِنَ الصَّلَاةِ
Source
نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 03/025 — archive.org (15:07)
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