A question regarding combining and shortening prayers while traveling
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A man is traveling—for example—and the time for the Maghrib prayer has arrived. He knows that he will enter the time for the Isha prayer in the town he intends to travel to. Is it permissible for him to combine and shorten, or should he pray Maghrib in its time and delay Isha to pray it with the congregation? May Allah reward you.
If a person travels and knows that he will arrive in the town before the time for Isha, is it permissible for him to combine Isha with Maghrib while traveling?Or we say: Wait until you arrive in the town?So the answer is: He may combine Isha with Maghrib;First: because he is traveling, and the time for Maghrib and the time for Isha are one in the case where combining is permissible.
Second: A person may estimate that he will arrive before the time for Isha, but he does not arrive. The car may break down, or any cause may prevent him from arriving in the town before the time.
But we say: As long as you know that you will arrive in the town before the time for the second prayer, it is better for you not to combine.
And if he delays Maghrib until he arrives in the town, there is nothing wrong with it. But if he arrives in the town and the time for Maghrib is still remaining, it is not permissible for him to delay it. Rather, it is obligatory for him to pray it in its time; because the cause for combining is travel, and that has ended.Then, in this case, you said: He combines and shortens, but he does not shorten in any case; because the cause for shortening is travel, so when the travel ends, the shortening ends.
If a person travels and knows that he will arrive in the town before the time for Isha, is it permissible for him to combine Isha with Maghrib while traveling?Or we say: Wait until you arrive in the town?So the answer is: He may combine Isha with Maghrib;First: because he is traveling, and the time for Maghrib and the time for Isha are one in the case where combining is permissible.
Second: A person may estimate that he will arrive before the time for Isha, but he does not arrive. The car may break down, or any cause may prevent him from arriving in the town before the time.
But we say: As long as you know that you will arrive in the town before the time for the second prayer, it is better for you not to combine.
And if he delays Maghrib until he arrives in the town, there is nothing wrong with it. But if he arrives in the town and the time for Maghrib is still remaining, it is not permissible for him to delay it. Rather, it is obligatory for him to pray it in its time; because the cause for combining is travel, and that has ended.Then, in this case, you said: He combines and shortens, but he does not shorten in any case; because the cause for shortening is travel, so when the travel ends, the shortening ends.