Combining and shortening prayers in the place of residence after traveling from the place of work
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: I work in the city of Riyadh, and I sometimes go to my region, which is about a thousand kilometers away, and I stay there for two days. Am I considered a traveler, and am I permitted to combine and shorten the prayers in the region?
Answer:
No. The region that is your place of residence and dwelling is not where you shorten or combine. Rather, you combine and shorten on the road between you and Riyadh. Riyadh is your place of work or study, and the other country is your homeland and residence. You have not migrated from it; rather, you came to work and will return to it. So when you come to your country, do not take a dispensation, nor break your fast, nor shorten, nor combine. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: I work in the city of Riyadh, and I sometimes go to my region, which is about a thousand kilometers away, and I stay there for two days. Am I considered a traveler, and am I permitted to combine and shorten the prayers in the region?
Answer:
No. The region that is your place of residence and dwelling is not where you shorten or combine. Rather, you combine and shorten on the road between you and Riyadh. Riyadh is your place of work or study, and the other country is your homeland and residence. You have not migrated from it; rather, you came to work and will return to it. So when you come to your country, do not take a dispensation, nor break your fast, nor shorten, nor combine. Yes.
Source
شرح كتاب المنتقى من أخبار المصطفى صلى الله عليه وسلم، بداية من باب ما جاء في قيام الليل — islamhouse.com (1:02:21)
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