Delaying the Maghrib prayer for a traveler passing through a town on the way
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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, I traveled from Riyadh to Madinah and stopped in al-Qassim. I prayed the Dhuhr and 'Asr prayers and sat there for a short while, then I continued on my journey. The time for the Maghrib prayer entered while I was still traveling to Madinah, before I had left al-Qassim, so I delayed it until the time of 'Isha. Is this correct?
The Shaykh:
It was obligatory for me to pray the Maghrib prayer in al-Qassim as long as
The questioner:
the time entered while I was in al-Qassim.
The Shaykh:
If al-Qassim is not your home town and you are merely passing through it, and your home is Riyadh, then you are a traveler. Your passing through al-Qassim means you are a traveler, and you may delay the Maghrib prayer until 'Isha, whether you are sitting in al-Qassim or walking on the road, because you are still a traveler. However, if al-Qassim is your home town and your place of residence, then you must pray what is obligatory upon you while you are in the town at its proper time and not delay it. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, I traveled from Riyadh to Madinah and stopped in al-Qassim. I prayed the Dhuhr and 'Asr prayers and sat there for a short while, then I continued on my journey. The time for the Maghrib prayer entered while I was still traveling to Madinah, before I had left al-Qassim, so I delayed it until the time of 'Isha. Is this correct?
The Shaykh:
It was obligatory for me to pray the Maghrib prayer in al-Qassim as long as
The questioner:
the time entered while I was in al-Qassim.
The Shaykh:
If al-Qassim is not your home town and you are merely passing through it, and your home is Riyadh, then you are a traveler. Your passing through al-Qassim means you are a traveler, and you may delay the Maghrib prayer until 'Isha, whether you are sitting in al-Qassim or walking on the road, because you are still a traveler. However, if al-Qassim is your home town and your place of residence, then you must pray what is obligatory upon you while you are in the town at its proper time and not delay it. Yes.
Source
شرح بلوغ المرام من أدلة الأحكام [ صالح الفوزان ]، تتمة باب صلاة المسافر والمريض — islamhouse.com (58:09)
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