The Criterion for Shortening Prayer While Traveling
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Question:
The questioner asks: What is the criterion for the issue of shortening the prayer while traveling?
Answer:
That the distance reaches eighty kilometers, and that he intends to travel that distance. As for if he goes out for a stroll and does not know where he is going, whether it is near or far, this is not a traveler. But if he goes out intending a distance of more than eighty kilometers, then he is a traveler who shortens and combines. Yes.
The questioner asks: What is the criterion for the issue of shortening the prayer while traveling?
Answer:
That the distance reaches eighty kilometers, and that he intends to travel that distance. As for if he goes out for a stroll and does not know where he is going, whether it is near or far, this is not a traveler. But if he goes out intending a distance of more than eighty kilometers, then he is a traveler who shortens and combines. Yes.
Source
شرح كتاب التوحيد [ صالح الفوزان ]، تتمة تابع باب ما جاء من التغليظ فيمن عبد الله عند قبر رجل صالح، فكيف إذا عبده ؟ — islamhouse.com (1:06:20)
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