Combining and Shortening Prayers While Traveling
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I traveled from one town to another, and I was, for example, fifteen kilometers from this town when the time for prayer entered. Am I allowed to combine the prayers?
There is no obstacle. Combine and shorten.
The questioner: When I arrive, for example, at the house where I live, there is, for example, half an hour or a quarter of an hour left?The Shaykh: There is no obstacle. You have performed the obligatory duty upon you, and it is finished.
The questioner: And the reverse, if I arrive at the town where I am from?The Shaykh: If you arrive at your home town, there is no harm either. But if the town you are arriving at is your home town, do not combine; shorten but do not combine.
The questioner: I do not know whether the time has entered or not?The Shaykh: The important thing is, I said: if you know that usually only half an hour remains until the town,And the time has two hours left, we used to say: now do not combine; because you will arrive early and pray the prayer in its time. If you combine it, there is no harm, but it is better not to combine.
And with this, this meeting ends, and until another meeting, if Allah wills, and all praise is due to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and may Allah send prayers and blessings upon our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and his Companions, and those who follow them with excellence until the Day of Judgment.
There is no obstacle. Combine and shorten.
The questioner: When I arrive, for example, at the house where I live, there is, for example, half an hour or a quarter of an hour left?The Shaykh: There is no obstacle. You have performed the obligatory duty upon you, and it is finished.
The questioner: And the reverse, if I arrive at the town where I am from?The Shaykh: If you arrive at your home town, there is no harm either. But if the town you are arriving at is your home town, do not combine; shorten but do not combine.
The questioner: I do not know whether the time has entered or not?The Shaykh: The important thing is, I said: if you know that usually only half an hour remains until the town,And the time has two hours left, we used to say: now do not combine; because you will arrive early and pray the prayer in its time. If you combine it, there is no harm, but it is better not to combine.
And with this, this meeting ends, and until another meeting, if Allah wills, and all praise is due to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and may Allah send prayers and blessings upon our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and his Companions, and those who follow them with excellence until the Day of Judgment.