Prayer on a Mount Between Madinah and Khaybar and the Ruling on Travel
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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: Regarding the statement in the hadith that he was riding to Khaybar, does the journey from Madinah to Khaybar count as travel, such that prayer on a mount is specific to travel and not to staying in one’s place?
The Shaykh:
Yes, from Madinah to Khaybar is travel. This is clear. Prayer on a mount is the voluntary prayer at night. The voluntary prayer at night, if stopping to pray hinders him from continuing his journey, he combines between the two benefits: the prayer and covering the distance. Yes.
The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success.
The Shaykh:
As for if he is not on a mount, but on a donkey in a town, going to answer the call of nature or something, he does not pray. This is not travel, it is not travel, and it does not hinder him from continuing his journey either. The cause is absent in this case. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: Regarding the statement in the hadith that he was riding to Khaybar, does the journey from Madinah to Khaybar count as travel, such that prayer on a mount is specific to travel and not to staying in one’s place?
The Shaykh:
Yes, from Madinah to Khaybar is travel. This is clear. Prayer on a mount is the voluntary prayer at night. The voluntary prayer at night, if stopping to pray hinders him from continuing his journey, he combines between the two benefits: the prayer and covering the distance. Yes.
The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success.
The Shaykh:
As for if he is not on a mount, but on a donkey in a town, going to answer the call of nature or something, he does not pray. This is not travel, it is not travel, and it does not hinder him from continuing his journey either. The cause is absent in this case. Yes.
Source
شرح كتاب المنتقى من أخبار المصطفى صلى الله عليه وسلم، بداية من أبواب اجتناب النجاسات ومواضع الصلوات — islamhouse.com (51:21)
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