The ruling on combining and shortening prayers for one who travels for recreation
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Question:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. The questioner says: In these days, people often go to the wilderness seeking recreation, and sometimes a person may exceed the distance for shortening, which is eighty kilometers. He asks: Do we shorten and combine?
Answer:
If one leaves the town intending a specific direction that reaches eighty kilometers or more, he shortens the prayer for whatever purpose it may be, whether for recreation that Allah has permitted, or to attend to a need, or otherwise. However, if he leaves without intending a specific distance, but only seeking recreation in whatever place suits him, he does not shorten the prayer, because he did not intend a specific distance in his departure. Yes.
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. The questioner says: In these days, people often go to the wilderness seeking recreation, and sometimes a person may exceed the distance for shortening, which is eighty kilometers. He asks: Do we shorten and combine?
Answer:
If one leaves the town intending a specific direction that reaches eighty kilometers or more, he shortens the prayer for whatever purpose it may be, whether for recreation that Allah has permitted, or to attend to a need, or otherwise. However, if he leaves without intending a specific distance, but only seeking recreation in whatever place suits him, he does not shorten the prayer, because he did not intend a specific distance in his departure. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [3292] حكم الجمع والقصر لمن سافر للتنزه - صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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