Ruling on shortening the prayer for one who is approaching his town
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Your Eminence! If, for example, we are combining the Maghrib and 'Isha' prayers by delaying them, and we are, for example, on the outskirts of Riyadh—and you know that the outskirts of Riyadh are far from the city itself—then when we have entered a distance into Riyadh and we combine the prayers by delaying them, and the people have already finished 'Isha', do we shorten the prayer or complete it?The Shaykh: Are you from the people of Riyadh?The questioner: Yes, that is correct.
The Shaykh: Do the outskirts of Riyadh mean that you have entered the residential areas?
The questioner: Approximately, no.
You may shorten the prayer as long as a person has not entered the residential areas of the town.And I will give you a rule: If you are in doubt whether the reason for shortening has ceased or remains, the original state is that it remains.
The Shaykh: Do the outskirts of Riyadh mean that you have entered the residential areas?
The questioner: Approximately, no.
You may shorten the prayer as long as a person has not entered the residential areas of the town.And I will give you a rule: If you are in doubt whether the reason for shortening has ceased or remains, the original state is that it remains.