Shortening the prayer for one who enters the time in the city and then travels
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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah preserve you. If we go out to pray the 'Asr prayer while we are in the state of travel and leaving our homes, and after walking about twenty kilometers we stop to pray, so we shortened the prayer because we are going from one city to another that is six hundred kilometers away, is this shortening valid, or did we err? And if so, do we need to repeat our prayer?
The Shaykh:
I have heard the question.
The questioner:
If we go out to pray the 'Asr prayer, and we are in the state of travel and leaving our homes, and after walking about twenty kilometers we stop to pray, so we shortened the prayer
The Shaykh:
If the time entered upon you while you were in the city before you left, then the full prayer became obligatory upon you; the full prayer became obligatory upon you. It is obligatory for you to complete it. Even if you prayed after you left, you must complete the prayer, because you did not leave the city until after the prayer became obligatory upon you. So you perform it like the prayer of a resident, in full. If you shortened it, then repeat it. If you shortened it, then repeat it. But if you left the city and then the mu'adhdhin called the adhan after you had left, then you may shorten it. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah preserve you. If we go out to pray the 'Asr prayer while we are in the state of travel and leaving our homes, and after walking about twenty kilometers we stop to pray, so we shortened the prayer because we are going from one city to another that is six hundred kilometers away, is this shortening valid, or did we err? And if so, do we need to repeat our prayer?
The Shaykh:
I have heard the question.
The questioner:
If we go out to pray the 'Asr prayer, and we are in the state of travel and leaving our homes, and after walking about twenty kilometers we stop to pray, so we shortened the prayer
The Shaykh:
If the time entered upon you while you were in the city before you left, then the full prayer became obligatory upon you; the full prayer became obligatory upon you. It is obligatory for you to complete it. Even if you prayed after you left, you must complete the prayer, because you did not leave the city until after the prayer became obligatory upon you. So you perform it like the prayer of a resident, in full. If you shortened it, then repeat it. If you shortened it, then repeat it. But if you left the city and then the mu'adhdhin called the adhan after you had left, then you may shorten it. Yes.
Source
شرح بلوغ المرام من أدلة الأحكام [ صالح الفوزان ]، تابع باب الآنية - 2 — islamhouse.com (55:06)
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