Shortening the prayer for one who goes out for recreation or hunting
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, does one who goes out to the wilderness for recreation or hunting shorten the prayer, knowing that he has traveled a distance of eighty kilometers?
Answer:
If he intends the distance, intending to go eighty kilometers or more, then he is a traveler. But if he went out and does not know where he will stop or where he will go, then he is not a traveler.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, does one who goes out to the wilderness for recreation or hunting shorten the prayer, knowing that he has traveled a distance of eighty kilometers?
Answer:
If he intends the distance, intending to go eighty kilometers or more, then he is a traveler. But if he went out and does not know where he will stop or where he will go, then he is not a traveler.
Source
شرح أخصر المختصرات في الفقه، فصل: بيان من لا تحل لهم الزكاة — islamhouse.com (1:14:06)
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