Shortening the Prayer on a Ship Anchored in the Open Sea
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Q2: If a ship anchors in the open sea for any reason, is it permissible for them to combine and shorten the prayers, or not? And if shortening without combining is what is permissible, or is it what is better, so that by shortening and combining they can have a larger congregation instead of praying separately due to the circumstances of their shifts, which is better in that situation: combining and shortening, or shortening only?
A2 If the ship anchors with passengers in the open sea for a reason that requires them to stay in the place where it anchored for more than four days, they pray the full prayer, not shortened, each prayer in its time. And if it requires them to stay there for four days or less, or if the passengers do not know when it will depart from its place and sail with its passengers, they pray shortened and combined in congregation.
A2 If the ship anchors with passengers in the open sea for a reason that requires them to stay in the place where it anchored for more than four days, they pray the full prayer, not shortened, each prayer in its time. And if it requires them to stay there for four days or less, or if the passengers do not know when it will depart from its place and sail with its passengers, they pray shortened and combined in congregation.
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