If one goes out to the desert for a travel distance, does he pray the Friday prayer as the midday prayer?
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, the questioner says: If a group of people goes out to the desert for a travel distance and shortens the prayer, and their departure coincides with Friday, do they pray the midday prayer? And if they pray the midday prayer, do they shorten it and combine it with the afternoon prayer?
Answer:
If there is a mosque nearby where the Friday prayer is performed and they can hear the call to prayer, they should go and pray the Friday prayer with the Muslims. However, if they are in the desert and there is no congregational mosque nearby where the Friday prayer is performed, they should pray the midday prayer and shorten it. As for combining prayers, it is only permissible while traveling on the road. If they are staying in the desert, they should pray each prayer in its proper time, shortened, without combining. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, the questioner says: If a group of people goes out to the desert for a travel distance and shortens the prayer, and their departure coincides with Friday, do they pray the midday prayer? And if they pray the midday prayer, do they shorten it and combine it with the afternoon prayer?
Answer:
If there is a mosque nearby where the Friday prayer is performed and they can hear the call to prayer, they should go and pray the Friday prayer with the Muslims. However, if they are in the desert and there is no congregational mosque nearby where the Friday prayer is performed, they should pray the midday prayer and shorten it. As for combining prayers, it is only permissible while traveling on the road. If they are staying in the desert, they should pray each prayer in its proper time, shortened, without combining. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، من خرج إلى البر مسافة سفر هل يصلي الجمعة ظهرًا؟ للشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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