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.
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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