Once I intended to travel, so I shortened and combined the prayer, and then after finishing the prayer I went to travel, but I was detained by a detainer, so what should I do?
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The questioner : Peace be upon you.
The Shaykh : And peace be upon you.
The questioner : Once I intended to travel, so I shortened and combined the prayer, and then after finishing the prayer I went to travel, but I was detained by a detainer, so what should I do?
The Shaykh : You were detained by a detainer?
The questioner : Yes, after I had shortened and combined.
The Shaykh : What is the question?
The questioner : What is the ruling in this case? I did not travel after shortening and combining; I did not travel?
The Shaykh : The point is that when you combined, you were a traveler.
The questioner : With the intention of travel.
The Shaykh : No, here there is some confusion in the speech. He says he intended to travel, but perhaps this is a desire from one who is not actually intending it. It is true that you intended to travel, but did you not begin the travel?
The questioner : I intended to travel and prayed based on this principle.
The Shaykh : Listen, my brother, may Allah guide you. Understand me and answer my question. Here are two scenarios: A person resolves to travel, packs his belongings and luggage, and puts them in the car, and before he moves from his town, he combines and shortens. This is not permissible. If you did this, then it is not permissible. But if you got into the car, whether it was your own or you were paying for the ride, and you set off and stopped at a place where the prayer time came, so you combined and shortened, and then afterwards what happened happened, in this second scenario you did what is permissible. As for the first scenario, it is not permissible for a person to combine and shorten before he leaves the town.
The questioner : Meaning the shortening and combining is after the travel.
The Shaykh : Not after the travel, but after he leaves his town.
The Shaykh : And peace be upon you.
The questioner : Once I intended to travel, so I shortened and combined the prayer, and then after finishing the prayer I went to travel, but I was detained by a detainer, so what should I do?
The Shaykh : You were detained by a detainer?
The questioner : Yes, after I had shortened and combined.
The Shaykh : What is the question?
The questioner : What is the ruling in this case? I did not travel after shortening and combining; I did not travel?
The Shaykh : The point is that when you combined, you were a traveler.
The questioner : With the intention of travel.
The Shaykh : No, here there is some confusion in the speech. He says he intended to travel, but perhaps this is a desire from one who is not actually intending it. It is true that you intended to travel, but did you not begin the travel?
The questioner : I intended to travel and prayed based on this principle.
The Shaykh : Listen, my brother, may Allah guide you. Understand me and answer my question. Here are two scenarios: A person resolves to travel, packs his belongings and luggage, and puts them in the car, and before he moves from his town, he combines and shortens. This is not permissible. If you did this, then it is not permissible. But if you got into the car, whether it was your own or you were paying for the ride, and you set off and stopped at a place where the prayer time came, so you combined and shortened, and then afterwards what happened happened, in this second scenario you did what is permissible. As for the first scenario, it is not permissible for a person to combine and shorten before he leaves the town.
The questioner : Meaning the shortening and combining is after the travel.
The Shaykh : Not after the travel, but after he leaves his town.