Combining and shortening prayers for one who hears the adhan before leaving the town
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says that this situation happens to him every week. He says: I travel from the west of Riyadh to Dammam, and the adhan for the Zuhr prayer is called while I have not yet left Riyadh. So I continue driving until I leave Riyadh, then I pray Zuhr four rak'ahs, and I pray 'Asr with it two rak'ahs. What is the ruling on my doing this?
Answer:
This is correct. You pray Zuhr four rak'ahs because it became obligatory for you before you left the town, and you pray 'Asr two rak'ahs because you left the town, so shortening is permissible for you. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says that this situation happens to him every week. He says: I travel from the west of Riyadh to Dammam, and the adhan for the Zuhr prayer is called while I have not yet left Riyadh. So I continue driving until I leave Riyadh, then I pray Zuhr four rak'ahs, and I pray 'Asr with it two rak'ahs. What is the ruling on my doing this?
Answer:
This is correct. You pray Zuhr four rak'ahs because it became obligatory for you before you left the town, and you pray 'Asr two rak'ahs because you left the town, so shortening is permissible for you. Yes.
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، فصل ومن كيده : أنه يُحسّن إلى أرباب التخلي والزهد والرياضة العمل بها — islamhouse.com (1:16:35)
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