Shortening the Prayer and Combining Prayers for the Traveler Who Is Stationary or on the Move
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Question:
The questioner says: We are a group who go out to the garden, intending not to stop until we have finished our business and groomed our hair, and we leave the city entirely. We differ regarding the first obligatory prayer and the funeral prayer in the prayer. If one sees that combining is based on patience, and if one sees the obligatory prayer, and if one sees it based on patience, what is patience?
Answer:
The traveler who intends to cover a distance of more than eighty kilometers shortens the prayer. However, if he is traveling on the road, he shortens and combines if the journey becomes difficult for him. But if he is stationary in the desert for rest or to attend to a need he must fulfill, and his stay is less than four days—four days or less—he shortens without combining. He prays each prayer in its specific time without combining. This is because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) stayed in Mina during the days of Tashriq—the tenth, eleventh, twelfth, and thirteenth days—shortening the prayer and praying each prayer in its time. Meanwhile, at 'Arafah and Muzdalifah, he combined and shortened because the journey was difficult for him. Similarly, during his stay in al-Abtah before the boundary, which began on the morning of the fourth day, and he remained in al-Abtah until the eighth day, the Day of Tarwiyah, he shortened the prayer but did not combine. He prayed each prayer in its time. If the traveler is stationary, he shortens without combining. If he is on the move, he combines and shortens.
The questioner says: We are a group who go out to the garden, intending not to stop until we have finished our business and groomed our hair, and we leave the city entirely. We differ regarding the first obligatory prayer and the funeral prayer in the prayer. If one sees that combining is based on patience, and if one sees the obligatory prayer, and if one sees it based on patience, what is patience?
Answer:
The traveler who intends to cover a distance of more than eighty kilometers shortens the prayer. However, if he is traveling on the road, he shortens and combines if the journey becomes difficult for him. But if he is stationary in the desert for rest or to attend to a need he must fulfill, and his stay is less than four days—four days or less—he shortens without combining. He prays each prayer in its specific time without combining. This is because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) stayed in Mina during the days of Tashriq—the tenth, eleventh, twelfth, and thirteenth days—shortening the prayer and praying each prayer in its time. Meanwhile, at 'Arafah and Muzdalifah, he combined and shortened because the journey was difficult for him. Similarly, during his stay in al-Abtah before the boundary, which began on the morning of the fourth day, and he remained in al-Abtah until the eighth day, the Day of Tarwiyah, he shortened the prayer but did not combine. He prayed each prayer in its time. If the traveler is stationary, he shortens without combining. If he is on the move, he combines and shortens.
Source
شرح ثلاثة الأصول وأدلتها، معرفة الرسول صلى الله عليه وسلم بالأدلة - آداب التعلم — islamhouse.com (1:25:24)
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