The Ruling on Combining and Shortening Prayers for a Traveler on Friday
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The questioner:
If I go to Buraydah on Friday and stop at one of the mosques at the time of the Dhuhr prayer, should I pray Dhuhr and Asr alone, combining and shortening them, or should I pray only Dhuhr with the congregation?
The Shaykh:
If the duration of the trip in Qassim is one, two, three, or four days. You went from Riyadh to Buraydah. If it is in the sports stadium, there is no harm. These are from the people of Buraydah. You do not shorten, nor is it obligatory. If you reach Buraydah, you pray the four rak'ahs. Not on the road before you arrive, on the road. There is no [issue] with this; you do not shorten or combine.
The questioner:
But can she pray Friday prayer in the mosque where her car stopped?
The Shaykh:
We pray with them on Friday. And you pray Asr afterwards. Basically, leave it in its place at its time, if Allah wills. And if you combined on the road and did not pray with them on that day, there is no harm, of course. But Asr is not combined with Friday prayer. Yes, yes. Tamattu' is absolutely preferred, tamattu' is absolutely preferred. That is it, but it is not permissible [to exit ihram] until the sacrificial animal is slaughtered.
If I go to Buraydah on Friday and stop at one of the mosques at the time of the Dhuhr prayer, should I pray Dhuhr and Asr alone, combining and shortening them, or should I pray only Dhuhr with the congregation?
The Shaykh:
If the duration of the trip in Qassim is one, two, three, or four days. You went from Riyadh to Buraydah. If it is in the sports stadium, there is no harm. These are from the people of Buraydah. You do not shorten, nor is it obligatory. If you reach Buraydah, you pray the four rak'ahs. Not on the road before you arrive, on the road. There is no [issue] with this; you do not shorten or combine.
The questioner:
But can she pray Friday prayer in the mosque where her car stopped?
The Shaykh:
We pray with them on Friday. And you pray Asr afterwards. Basically, leave it in its place at its time, if Allah wills. And if you combined on the road and did not pray with them on that day, there is no harm, of course. But Asr is not combined with Friday prayer. Yes, yes. Tamattu' is absolutely preferred, tamattu' is absolutely preferred. That is it, but it is not permissible [to exit ihram] until the sacrificial animal is slaughtered.
Source
شرح بلوغ المرام [ ابن باز ] [ الشرح الجديد ]، باب الغُسل وحكم الجُنُب — islamhouse.com (17:48)
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