Shortening the Prayer
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Question: If I am traveling a distance that qualifies for shortening the prayer, and when I am returning to where I reside, about ten or twenty kilometers before I arrive, the time for a four-rak'ah prayer begins, is it permissible for me to shorten and combine, or only shorten, or is neither permissible?
Answer: As for shortening, it is permissible because the journey has not ended. As long as you have not entered the town from which you traveled, you are still considered a traveler until you enter your town, whether twenty kilometers or more remain, or less.
Question: Even if I catch the time for the prayer?
Answer: You may shorten the prayer as long as you are outside the town and still on your journey. As for combining, there is no need for it; rather, you should pray the current prayer and shorten it, and leave the next prayer for its time if you have arrived.
Question: Regarding shortening, do I shorten even if I will catch the time for that prayer in the city?
Answer: Yes, if the time enters while you are still on the road traveling, you shorten the prayer and break your fast in Ramadan; because the rulings of travel remain in effect until you enter the town where you intend to settle.
Answer: As for shortening, it is permissible because the journey has not ended. As long as you have not entered the town from which you traveled, you are still considered a traveler until you enter your town, whether twenty kilometers or more remain, or less.
Question: Even if I catch the time for the prayer?
Answer: You may shorten the prayer as long as you are outside the town and still on your journey. As for combining, there is no need for it; rather, you should pray the current prayer and shorten it, and leave the next prayer for its time if you have arrived.
Question: Regarding shortening, do I shorten even if I will catch the time for that prayer in the city?
Answer: Yes, if the time enters while you are still on the road traveling, you shorten the prayer and break your fast in Ramadan; because the rulings of travel remain in effect until you enter the town where you intend to settle.