The Beginning of Combining and Shortening the Prayer for the Traveler
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Question:
His other question says: When do we begin combining and shortening the prayers? Is it when we leave the city, or at its outskirts?
Answer:
You have left the city, the boundaries of the city. If you have left the inhabited area of the city and you are in the desert, and the prayer becomes obligatory after you have left, then you pray the prayer of a traveler. However, if the prayer becomes obligatory while you are still within the built-up area, and you pray it outside the city, then you complete it, because it became obligatory upon you in full, since you have not yet begun your journey. The journey only begins when one leaves the city.
His other question says: When do we begin combining and shortening the prayers? Is it when we leave the city, or at its outskirts?
Answer:
You have left the city, the boundaries of the city. If you have left the inhabited area of the city and you are in the desert, and the prayer becomes obligatory after you have left, then you pray the prayer of a traveler. However, if the prayer becomes obligatory while you are still within the built-up area, and you pray it outside the city, then you complete it, because it became obligatory upon you in full, since you have not yet begun your journey. The journey only begins when one leaves the city.
Source
نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 03/197 — archive.org (12:55)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.