If a person leaves Riyadh heading to Jeddah, is it permissible for him to shorten the prayer at Riyadh Airport?
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Question:
May Allah reward you with good, and may He do you good. If a person leaves Riyadh heading to Jeddah, is it permissible for him to shorten the prayer at Riyadh Airport on the way there, and likewise on the way back? May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
This depends on the actual location of the airport: is it within the built-up area of Riyadh or outside it? If it is within the built-up area, then a person from Riyadh who wants to travel does not shorten the prayer at the airport, because he has not left his town. However, if the airport is outside the built-up area, then he has left and begun his journey, so he shortens the prayer. This is unless the prayer became obligatory for him while he was still in the town; in that case, he completes it, even if he prays it outside the town, because it became obligatory for him in full, so he performs it in full. But if the airport is outside the town, and he left the town before the prayer became obligatory—meaning its time had not entered yet, and it only entered after he entered the airport—then he is a traveler at that time and shortens the prayer. Yes.
May Allah reward you with good, and may He do you good. If a person leaves Riyadh heading to Jeddah, is it permissible for him to shorten the prayer at Riyadh Airport on the way there, and likewise on the way back? May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
This depends on the actual location of the airport: is it within the built-up area of Riyadh or outside it? If it is within the built-up area, then a person from Riyadh who wants to travel does not shorten the prayer at the airport, because he has not left his town. However, if the airport is outside the built-up area, then he has left and begun his journey, so he shortens the prayer. This is unless the prayer became obligatory for him while he was still in the town; in that case, he completes it, even if he prays it outside the town, because it became obligatory for him in full, so he performs it in full. But if the airport is outside the town, and he left the town before the prayer became obligatory—meaning its time had not entered yet, and it only entered after he entered the airport—then he is a traveler at that time and shortens the prayer. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، إذا غادر المرء الرياض متوجها إلى جدة، هل يجوز له أن يقصر الصلاة في مطار الرياض؟ الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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