The Ruling on Combining and Shortening Prayers in a Long Journey
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Question:
Another letter reached us by fax from one of the brothers. He says: My question is that I am traveling to China to conduct some business, and the trip may last about a month or more. Is it permissible to combine and shorten the prayers? What is the criterion for this?
Answer:
It is permissible to shorten and combine prayers during a stay while traveling if the stay exceeds four days. Therefore, you may not shorten or combine, because the state of travel is broken by a long stay exceeding four days. This is the view of the majority of scholars. The Muslim seeks to clear his conscience and to be cautious with his religion.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you
Another letter reached us by fax from one of the brothers. He says: My question is that I am traveling to China to conduct some business, and the trip may last about a month or more. Is it permissible to combine and shorten the prayers? What is the criterion for this?
Answer:
It is permissible to shorten and combine prayers during a stay while traveling if the stay exceeds four days. Therefore, you may not shorten or combine, because the state of travel is broken by a long stay exceeding four days. This is the view of the majority of scholars. The Muslim seeks to clear his conscience and to be cautious with his religion.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you
Source
نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 03/212 — archive.org (5:22)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.