Is it permissible for one who goes on a trip to the desert for a distance estimated at seventy square kilometers to shorten the prayer?
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Question:
He asks and says: I went on a trip to the desert, and those with me considered shortening the prayer, counting it as travel, and I shortened the prayer with them. Do I have to repeat the prayer? Knowing that the distance is approximately seventy kilometers.
Answer:
This distance is less than the distance specified for travel, which is eighty kilometers. So the safest course is that they do not shorten the prayer in it. The safest course is that they do not shorten the prayer in it, because it is less than the distance approximately specified for travel in which the prayer is shortened. But since they prayed and exerted themselves in this, yes, they do not repeat the prayer. However, in the future, the safest course for them is that they do not shorten the prayer in this distance.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you with good.
He asks and says: I went on a trip to the desert, and those with me considered shortening the prayer, counting it as travel, and I shortened the prayer with them. Do I have to repeat the prayer? Knowing that the distance is approximately seventy kilometers.
Answer:
This distance is less than the distance specified for travel, which is eighty kilometers. So the safest course is that they do not shorten the prayer in it. The safest course is that they do not shorten the prayer in it, because it is less than the distance approximately specified for travel in which the prayer is shortened. But since they prayed and exerted themselves in this, yes, they do not repeat the prayer. However, in the future, the safest course for them is that they do not shorten the prayer in this distance.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you with good.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، هل يجوز لمن يخرج في رحلة إلى الصحراء لمسافة تقدر بسبعين كيلو متر مربع أن يقصر الصلاة؟ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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