The Traveler Leading the Residents and Shortening the Prayer
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: If a person is traveling and the congregation of the mosque asks him to lead them in prayer, and they are residents, does he pray two rak'ahs with them or four?
Answer:
He informs them that he will shorten the prayer, and they will complete it for themselves, just as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) did during the 'Umrah of Hudaybiyyah. He said, so the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) prayed and shortened it, and they completed it. This means in the Sacred Mosque, and they completed it for themselves. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: If a person is traveling and the congregation of the mosque asks him to lead them in prayer, and they are residents, does he pray two rak'ahs with them or four?
Answer:
He informs them that he will shorten the prayer, and they will complete it for themselves, just as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) did during the 'Umrah of Hudaybiyyah. He said
O people of Makkah, complete the prayer for yourselves, for we are a traveling people.
يا أهل مكة أتموا لأنفسكم فإنا قوم سفر
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، فصل وفي محاسبة النفس عدة مصالح — islamhouse.com (1:10:14)
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