The ruling on combining and shortening prayers for a traveler before leaving the town
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The questioner:
May Allah forgive you. These are some questions from some women who come to Riyadh from Buraydah. One says: “I reside in Buraydah and I intend to travel to Riyadh after the Zuhr prayer. The question is: Is it permissible for me to combine the Zuhr and Asr prayers while I am still in my house, or is it obligatory for me to leave my city and pass beyond it by eighty kilometers? And do I have the intention?”
The Shaykh:
The traveler has the option to shorten the prayer on the road if the distance from his town to the other town is eighty kilometers or more. That is, he may shorten the prayer on the road and combine prayers on the road. However, in his own town, he does not combine prayers in his town, nor does he shorten them in his town. Once he leaves, departs from the town, and exits the built-up area of the town, and the distance is eighty kilometers or more, he may shorten and combine prayers on the road. Yes.
The questioner:
For example, is it necessary for the distance to exceed eighty kilometers, or is it simply leaving the inhabited area of the city?
The Shaykh:
Unless he has finished the extra work, it is sufficient if the journey is long. Yes.
May Allah forgive you. These are some questions from some women who come to Riyadh from Buraydah. One says: “I reside in Buraydah and I intend to travel to Riyadh after the Zuhr prayer. The question is: Is it permissible for me to combine the Zuhr and Asr prayers while I am still in my house, or is it obligatory for me to leave my city and pass beyond it by eighty kilometers? And do I have the intention?”
The Shaykh:
The traveler has the option to shorten the prayer on the road if the distance from his town to the other town is eighty kilometers or more. That is, he may shorten the prayer on the road and combine prayers on the road. However, in his own town, he does not combine prayers in his town, nor does he shorten them in his town. Once he leaves, departs from the town, and exits the built-up area of the town, and the distance is eighty kilometers or more, he may shorten and combine prayers on the road. Yes.
The questioner:
For example, is it necessary for the distance to exceed eighty kilometers, or is it simply leaving the inhabited area of the city?
The Shaykh:
Unless he has finished the extra work, it is sufficient if the journey is long. Yes.
Source
شرح بلوغ المرام [ ابن باز ] [ الشرح الجديد ]، تتمة باب نواقض الوضوء — islamhouse.com (12:43)
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