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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Is it permissible for a traveler to shorten the prayer for more than three days?

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Question:
If I stay for more than three days and I miss the four-rak'ah prayer, do I pray it shortened as two rak'ahs?

Answer:
A traveler on the road, if his journey is urgent, he shortens and combines the prayers. If he stays for a short period and there is no congregation, no mosque, and he does not hear the adhan, he prays and shortens, and he prays each prayer in its time shortened without combining. However, if there is a mosque and he hears the adhan, it is obligatory for him to respond to the mu'adhdhin and pray with the Muslims, completing the prayer. He completes the prayer, responds to the adhan, and prays with the congregation. He does not say, "I am a traveler," and pray alone, or that some people pray next to the mosque, shorten, and leave off responding to the caller and attending the congregation. This is something some people, or many people, are ignorant of. Yes.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، هل يجوز القصر للمسافر أكثر من ثلاثة أيام؟ #فتاوى الفوزان — youtube.com

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