Shortening and Combining Prayers for a Traveler Staying Fewer Than Four Days
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, does a traveler who stays for less than four days shorten and combine his prayers during his stay? Or does he only shorten and pray each prayer at its proper time?
Answer:
Yes, this is the sunnah (recommended practice); he shortens. He does not combine as long as he is staying for four days or less, because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) stayed in Mina for three days, and he shortened the four-rak'ah prayers and prayed each prayer at its proper time without combining, because there is no need to combine. Combining is for one who is traveling, and this person is not traveling; he has come down.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, does a traveler who stays for less than four days shorten and combine his prayers during his stay? Or does he only shorten and pray each prayer at its proper time?
Answer:
Yes, this is the sunnah (recommended practice); he shortens. He does not combine as long as he is staying for four days or less, because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) stayed in Mina for three days, and he shortened the four-rak'ah prayers and prayed each prayer at its proper time without combining, because there is no need to combine. Combining is for one who is traveling, and this person is not traveling; he has come down.
Source
شرح كتاب المنتقى من أخبار المصطفى صلى الله عليه وسلم، بداية من باب ما جاء في إمامة الصبي — islamhouse.com (1:02:48)
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