Shortening the Prayer for a Fisherman Who Travels for Months
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: A fisherman who travels by sea for months for the purpose of fishing, does he shorten the prayer or is it obligatory for him to complete it? It is known that he does not stay in a city for more than a few days, then he returns to the sea again.
Answer:
The one who leaves his town and does not intend a specific direction that reaches eighty kilometers—he does not know where he will end up or where he will stop—this one does not shorten the prayer. The one who does not know the distance he will travel, whether it is eighty kilometers or more, if he does not know where he will end up, he does not shorten the prayer. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: A fisherman who travels by sea for months for the purpose of fishing, does he shorten the prayer or is it obligatory for him to complete it? It is known that he does not stay in a city for more than a few days, then he returns to the sea again.
Answer:
The one who leaves his town and does not intend a specific direction that reaches eighty kilometers—he does not know where he will end up or where he will stop—this one does not shorten the prayer. The one who does not know the distance he will travel, whether it is eighty kilometers or more, if he does not know where he will end up, he does not shorten the prayer. Yes.
Source
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