Combining the midday and afternoon prayers before leaving the town
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, is it permissible for a traveler, if he leaves his town where he resides after the time for the midday prayer has entered, for example, to pray the midday and afternoon prayers combined in his town before leaving it, and to pray them combined or in congregation?
Answer:
He prays the midday prayer, he prays the midday prayer in his town completely, and he delays the afternoon prayer, praying it in its time on the road shortened, because the midday prayer became obligatory for him while he was in the town, so he must perform it. Even if he were to delay the midday prayer and pray it with the afternoon prayer, it is obligatory for him to complete it, completing the midday prayer, because it became obligatory for him in full. Moreover, it is not permissible for him to delay in this case; he must pray in its time. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, is it permissible for a traveler, if he leaves his town where he resides after the time for the midday prayer has entered, for example, to pray the midday and afternoon prayers combined in his town before leaving it, and to pray them combined or in congregation?
Answer:
He prays the midday prayer, he prays the midday prayer in his town completely, and he delays the afternoon prayer, praying it in its time on the road shortened, because the midday prayer became obligatory for him while he was in the town, so he must perform it. Even if he were to delay the midday prayer and pray it with the afternoon prayer, it is obligatory for him to complete it, completing the midday prayer, because it became obligatory for him in full. Moreover, it is not permissible for him to delay in this case; he must pray in its time. Yes.
Source
شرح بلوغ المرام من أدلة الأحكام [ صالح الفوزان ]، باب صلاة المسافر والمريض — islamhouse.com (1:07:45)
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