Travel that permits dispensations
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A group of teachers travel to remote villages, approximately more than (100 km), and they avail themselves of the dispensations of travel, combining the Dhuhr and Asr prayers, even though they arrive at their homes at approximately one-thirty.And they say: They have a fatwa from you.
Is it permissible for them to avail themselves of the dispensations of travel? And if it is not permissible, is it permissible for them to combine the Dhuhr and Asr prayers without shortening, or not?
The scholars (may Allah have mercy on them) differed regarding the travel that permits dispensations.So among them: Some define it by distance, saying: the distance is (83 km), and if a person exceeds it, even by half a span, the dispensations become permissible for him.
And based on this opinion: These people may be entitled to the dispensations;Because you said: (100 km) or more.
These people say: He may shorten the prayer, break his fast, and combine prayers, even if he covers this distanceI mean: (83 km) in half an hour or less. According to this opinion, these people may shorten the prayer if they encounter it while they are not in their hometown, and it is permissible for them to combine.
As for the second opinion, which was chosen by Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah and is closer to the truth, it states: The criterion is what people call travel. These people who go in the morning and return in the evening before nightfall are not considered travelers, so they do not shorten. As for combining, if it is difficult for them to wait for the Asr prayer, meaning: that they arrive at their hometown tired and fear that if they sleep they will not wake up, then they may combine, but it is a combination without shortening.
The questioner: Meaning: it is not permissible for them to avail themselves of the dispensations of travel?The Shaykh: This is according to the opinion of Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah and those who agreed with him.
The questioner: The fatwa they attribute to you, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh: No.
This is what we do not issue as a fatwa.We say: The one who goes to teach at a distance of (100 km or 200 km) and returns on the same day is not a traveler, so he does not avail himself of the dispensations—meaning he does not shorten. But the issue of combining is another matter; because combining is permissible if there is hardship for a person in waiting for the second prayer.
The questioner: If the combining is almost daily?The Shaykh: Even if it is almost daily.
Is it permissible for them to avail themselves of the dispensations of travel? And if it is not permissible, is it permissible for them to combine the Dhuhr and Asr prayers without shortening, or not?
The scholars (may Allah have mercy on them) differed regarding the travel that permits dispensations.So among them: Some define it by distance, saying: the distance is (83 km), and if a person exceeds it, even by half a span, the dispensations become permissible for him.
And based on this opinion: These people may be entitled to the dispensations;Because you said: (100 km) or more.
These people say: He may shorten the prayer, break his fast, and combine prayers, even if he covers this distanceI mean: (83 km) in half an hour or less. According to this opinion, these people may shorten the prayer if they encounter it while they are not in their hometown, and it is permissible for them to combine.
As for the second opinion, which was chosen by Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah and is closer to the truth, it states: The criterion is what people call travel. These people who go in the morning and return in the evening before nightfall are not considered travelers, so they do not shorten. As for combining, if it is difficult for them to wait for the Asr prayer, meaning: that they arrive at their hometown tired and fear that if they sleep they will not wake up, then they may combine, but it is a combination without shortening.
The questioner: Meaning: it is not permissible for them to avail themselves of the dispensations of travel?The Shaykh: This is according to the opinion of Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah and those who agreed with him.
The questioner: The fatwa they attribute to you, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh: No.
This is what we do not issue as a fatwa.We say: The one who goes to teach at a distance of (100 km or 200 km) and returns on the same day is not a traveler, so he does not avail himself of the dispensations—meaning he does not shorten. But the issue of combining is another matter; because combining is permissible if there is hardship for a person in waiting for the second prayer.
The questioner: If the combining is almost daily?The Shaykh: Even if it is almost daily.