The Ruling on Shortening the Prayer While Traveling and Repeating Prayers That Were Shortened
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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: Some relatives live in the northern part of Riyadh, and they go at the end of the week to a rest house a little before the province of al-Kharj.
The Shaykh:
Reading the work.
The questioner:
He says: Some relatives live in the northern part of Riyadh, and they go at the end of the week to a rest house a little before the province of al-Kharj, and they shorten the prayer on the grounds that the distance from when they leave their home to the rest house exceeds eighty kilometers. Is their action prescribed?
The Shaykh:
Who told them that the criterion is their leaving their home? The criterion is leaving the buildings, and leaving the town, and leaving Riyadh. If they leave the buildings of Riyadh, the distance begins. If it reaches eighty kilometers, then shortening is allowed; but if it is less than eighty kilometers, it is not. This is the ruling for a resident.
The questioner:
Then he says, may Allah preserve you: And is it obligatory for them to repeat the prayers they previously performed shortened, if their action was not prescribed?
The Shaykh:
Yes, they repeat the prayers. Why did they not ask? Why do they issue rulings for themselves on this matter when they do not know? Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: Some relatives live in the northern part of Riyadh, and they go at the end of the week to a rest house a little before the province of al-Kharj.
The Shaykh:
Reading the work.
The questioner:
He says: Some relatives live in the northern part of Riyadh, and they go at the end of the week to a rest house a little before the province of al-Kharj, and they shorten the prayer on the grounds that the distance from when they leave their home to the rest house exceeds eighty kilometers. Is their action prescribed?
The Shaykh:
Who told them that the criterion is their leaving their home? The criterion is leaving the buildings, and leaving the town, and leaving Riyadh. If they leave the buildings of Riyadh, the distance begins. If it reaches eighty kilometers, then shortening is allowed; but if it is less than eighty kilometers, it is not. This is the ruling for a resident.
The questioner:
Then he says, may Allah preserve you: And is it obligatory for them to repeat the prayers they previously performed shortened, if their action was not prescribed?
The Shaykh:
Yes, they repeat the prayers. Why did they not ask? Why do they issue rulings for themselves on this matter when they do not know? Yes.
Source
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