The Sunnah in Lengthening and Shortening the Prayer While Traveling
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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: What is the Sunnah regarding prayer while traveling? Is it lengthening or shortening and making it light?
The Shaykh:
Which prayer, the obligatory or the voluntary? For the obligatory prayer, one does not lengthen it as is customary. Yes, as is customary, one does not lengthen it. As for the voluntary prayer, he may lengthen it according to his ability. Yes.
The presenter:
That is the end.
The Shaykh:
Allah the Exalted knows best, and may Allah send prayers and peace upon our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and all his Companions.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: What is the Sunnah regarding prayer while traveling? Is it lengthening or shortening and making it light?
The Shaykh:
Which prayer, the obligatory or the voluntary? For the obligatory prayer, one does not lengthen it as is customary. Yes, as is customary, one does not lengthen it. As for the voluntary prayer, he may lengthen it according to his ability. Yes.
The presenter:
That is the end.
The Shaykh:
Allah the Exalted knows best, and may Allah send prayers and peace upon our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and all his Companions.
Source
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