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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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The Ruling on Shortening, Combining, and Breaking the Fast for a Truck Driver Who Travels All Year

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Question:
Abu Shaddad sent this question, saying: I am a truck driver all year long, and I am always traveling. Is it permissible for me to shorten the prayer?

Answer:
Yes, if the travel distance is eighty kilometers or more, then you may take the dispensations of travel, which are shortening the prayer, combining prayers, and breaking the fast in Ramadan. You are more entitled to these dispensations than one who travels only a little during the year. And praise be to Allah, you break your fast and make up the missed days from other days. As for the prayer, do not abandon it; you pray it, shortening the prayer and combining the two prayers if your journey is in progress. The religion, praise be to Allah, accommodates the Muslim in his various circumstances.
Allah, Glorified and Exalted, has legislated a law for the traveler, a law for the sick person, and a law for the healthy resident. Thus, this religion accommodates the conditions of human beings. And Allah does not burden a soul beyond its capacity. Yes.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [5244] حكم القصر والجمع والفطر لسائق الشاحنة المسافر طوال السنة - صالح الفوزان — youtube.com

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