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If a traveler delays the four-rak'ah prayer until he reaches his hometown, does he complete it or shorten it?

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The questioner:
We are now taking another call from our brother Nawaf from Riyadh. Yes. Welcome. I heard. Shaykh, I was traveling and did not pray except the midday, afternoon, and night prayers. After the night prayer, I came home. Do I pray them shortened and combined, or do I pray each one separately?

The Shaykh:
My brother, you have made a great mistake. It is not permissible to delay a prayer beyond its time. It is obligatory to pray every prayer in its time. If the distance is eighty kilometers or more, you shorten the prayer.

The questioner:
A long distance, more than a thousand kilometers.

The Shaykh:
Be patient, my brother. And as for making up the prayer after arriving, my brother, there is interference in the voice.

The presenter:
I heard, I heard. Pay attention, O producer. There is interference in the voice with the Shaykh. I heard. Please go ahead.

The Shaykh:
I say that if you make up the traveler’s prayer after arriving at your home, you complete it and do not shorten it. Yes.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [5024] إذا أخَّر المسافر الصلاة الرباعية إلى حين وصوله إلى بلده فهل يُتمُّها أم يقصرها؟ — youtube.com

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