What is the permissible duration for shortening the prayer while traveling?
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Question:
He says: What is the evidence that one who stays in a town for four days, or five, or five completed days, must complete the prayer? And what is the authenticity of the report that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) shortened the prayer for a month at Tabuk?
Answer:
The evidence that a traveler who intends to stay for four days shortens the prayer, and that the state of travel is not broken by four days, is that when the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) arrived in Makkah in the year of the Farewell Pilgrimage, he arrived on the morning of the fourth of Dhu al-Hijjah and stayed in al-Abtah until the eighth, the Day of Tarwiyah, shortening the prayer. This indicates that if the stay is four days or less, it does not break the state of travel. As for if it exceeds four days, one returns to the default ruling. The default is that the resident completes the prayer; this is the default. Since this person is a resident, he returns to the default for the resident, which is that he completes the prayer. As for his stay (peace and blessings be upon him) in Makkah in the year of the Conquest, whether fourteen or eighteen days, he shortened the prayer, and at Tabuk for twenty days, he shortened the prayer. The Messenger did not intend a specific stay; he did not intend a specific stay. Rather, he stayed waiting for the conditions of the enemy, not knowing at what hour the confrontation between him and the enemy would occur. Because he was in a state of expedition: the Expedition of Hunayn in Makkah, and the Expedition of Tabuk against the Romans. The Messenger did not intend a fixed stay in Makkah or in Tabuk, but rather he stayed waiting for the conditions of the enemy, not knowing at what hour the confrontation between him and his enemy would occur. Yes.
He says: What is the evidence that one who stays in a town for four days, or five, or five completed days, must complete the prayer? And what is the authenticity of the report that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) shortened the prayer for a month at Tabuk?
Answer:
The evidence that a traveler who intends to stay for four days shortens the prayer, and that the state of travel is not broken by four days, is that when the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) arrived in Makkah in the year of the Farewell Pilgrimage, he arrived on the morning of the fourth of Dhu al-Hijjah and stayed in al-Abtah until the eighth, the Day of Tarwiyah, shortening the prayer. This indicates that if the stay is four days or less, it does not break the state of travel. As for if it exceeds four days, one returns to the default ruling. The default is that the resident completes the prayer; this is the default. Since this person is a resident, he returns to the default for the resident, which is that he completes the prayer. As for his stay (peace and blessings be upon him) in Makkah in the year of the Conquest, whether fourteen or eighteen days, he shortened the prayer, and at Tabuk for twenty days, he shortened the prayer. The Messenger did not intend a specific stay; he did not intend a specific stay. Rather, he stayed waiting for the conditions of the enemy, not knowing at what hour the confrontation between him and the enemy would occur. Because he was in a state of expedition: the Expedition of Hunayn in Makkah, and the Expedition of Tabuk against the Romans. The Messenger did not intend a fixed stay in Makkah or in Tabuk, but rather he stayed waiting for the conditions of the enemy, not knowing at what hour the confrontation between him and his enemy would occur. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما هي المدة المسموحة لقصر الصلاة في السفر؟ للشيخ الفوزان — youtube.com
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