Shortening and Combining Prayers for One Who Travels for Work for a Period of One Year
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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner says: What is the ruling on shortening and combining prayers for one who travels for work for a period of one year according to the contract, but there is doubt about the possibility of the company terminating the contract at any time?
The Shaykh:
Okay.
The questioner:
What is the ruling on shortening and combining prayers for one who travels for work for a period of one year according to the contract, but there is doubt that
The Shaykh:
The traveler shortens and combines absolutely, for whatever purpose, as long as he is traveling eighty kilometers or more, because the dispensation is general.
The questioner:
He has a contract for one year, he works for one year, he says: But I have a doubt, will I complete the year or not?
The Shaykh:
No, he does not contradict [the ruling]. The traveler shortens and combines[An-Nisa 4:43]. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner says: What is the ruling on shortening and combining prayers for one who travels for work for a period of one year according to the contract, but there is doubt about the possibility of the company terminating the contract at any time?
The Shaykh:
Okay.
The questioner:
What is the ruling on shortening and combining prayers for one who travels for work for a period of one year according to the contract, but there is doubt that
The Shaykh:
The traveler shortens and combines absolutely, for whatever purpose, as long as he is traveling eighty kilometers or more, because the dispensation is general.
The questioner:
He has a contract for one year, he works for one year, he says: But I have a doubt, will I complete the year or not?
The Shaykh:
No, he does not contradict [the ruling]. The traveler shortens and combines
And if you are ill or on a journey
وَإِن كُنتُم مَّرْضَىٰ أَوْ عَلَىٰ سَفَرٍ
Source
شرح كتاب المنتقى من أخبار المصطفى صلى الله عليه وسلم، أول كتاب العتق — islamhouse.com (52:32)
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