The ruling on combining prayers and shortening them for one who resides in Jeddah and works in Makkah
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The questioner:
This questioner resides in Jeddah and works in Makkah. Do the rulings of travel, such as combining and shortening, apply to his actions? This questioner resides in Jeddah and works in Makkah and commutes daily. Is this considered travel, and do its rulings, such as combining and shortening, apply to him?
The Shaykh:
A month between Makkah and Makkah, because the buildings are close together. The buildings of Makkah and the buildings of Jeddah are now close, with no distance of eighty kilometers remaining between them, so there is no month between Makkah and Jeddah. Yes.
The questioner:
So, can we derive from this the permissibility of a woman traveling to Makkah in the company of a good companion, along with the driver?
The Shaykh:
Khalwah is not travel. Khalwah is one thing, and travel is another. You do not distinguish between khalwah and travel. Is this forbidden or not? Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you,
This questioner resides in Jeddah and works in Makkah. Do the rulings of travel, such as combining and shortening, apply to his actions? This questioner resides in Jeddah and works in Makkah and commutes daily. Is this considered travel, and do its rulings, such as combining and shortening, apply to him?
The Shaykh:
A month between Makkah and Makkah, because the buildings are close together. The buildings of Makkah and the buildings of Jeddah are now close, with no distance of eighty kilometers remaining between them, so there is no month between Makkah and Jeddah. Yes.
The questioner:
So, can we derive from this the permissibility of a woman traveling to Makkah in the company of a good companion, along with the driver?
The Shaykh:
Khalwah is not travel. Khalwah is one thing, and travel is another. You do not distinguish between khalwah and travel. Is this forbidden or not? Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you,
Source
شرح نواقض الإسلام [ صالح الفوزان ]، بداية من الناقض الخامس : من أبغض شيئًا مما جاء به الرسول - صلى الله عليه وسلم - ولو عمل به؛ كفر — islamhouse.com (36:51)
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