Shortening the Prayer for One Who Goes Out for a Picnic and Travels More Than Eighty Kilometers
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. If a person goes out for a picnic and travels more than eighty kilometers, is he permitted to shorten the prayer, given that he returns on the same day?
Answer:
If he intends a specific distance of eighty kilometers or more, he may shorten and combine the prayers because he is a traveler. However, if he goes out for a picnic and does not know where he will stop, whether near or far, he is not a traveler. He does not shorten or combine the prayers because he did not intend a distance that qualifies for shortening; he does not know where he will stop. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. If a person goes out for a picnic and travels more than eighty kilometers, is he permitted to shorten the prayer, given that he returns on the same day?
Answer:
If he intends a specific distance of eighty kilometers or more, he may shorten and combine the prayers because he is a traveler. However, if he goes out for a picnic and does not know where he will stop, whether near or far, he is not a traveler. He does not shorten or combine the prayers because he did not intend a distance that qualifies for shortening; he does not know where he will stop. Yes.
Source
شرح كتاب المنتقى من أخبار المصطفى صلى الله عليه وسلم، بداية من باب ما جاء فيمن يلازم بقعة بعينها من المسجد — islamhouse.com (52:14)
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