Ruling on shortening the prayer for one who travels more than (90 km)
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[Ruling on shortening the prayer for one who travels more than (90 km)]
His Eminence the Shaykh: Some of the brothers go out to a distance of more than (90 km), so do they shorten the prayer, even though they did not intend to travel?The Shaykh: Is this person a traveler?The questioner: He is not a traveler, but the issue is confusing for some of the brothers.
The Shaykh: It is not confusing. We hold that the one who returns on the same day is not a traveler, even if he reaches ninety kilometers; because he does not bid farewell when he departs, nor does he receive a welcome when he returns, so he is not a traveler. What people consider travel is travel, and what they do not consider travel is not.
As for the one who sets the limit by distance, which is eighty-three kilometers, he says: If he exceeds (83 km), even if he returns within the hour, he is a traveler. But the soul does not find peace with this, and the original ruling is the obligation to complete the prayer. If the original ruling is the obligation to complete it, then it is not permissible to deviate from it to shortening except for something that brings peace to the soul; because the obligation to complete it is a matter of certainty, and the fact that it is shortened at this distance is a matter of doubt. What is the wisdom? To leave the certainty and go to the doubtful?The questioner: The certainty.
The Shaykh: So, praise be to Allah, since we are in doubt about this, and it is a point of disagreement among the scholars, and the Qur'an and the Sunnah did not specify it by a distance,So we say: this is not considered travel by people, and the original ruling is the obligation to complete the prayer, so let him complete it.
His Eminence the Shaykh: Some of the brothers go out to a distance of more than (90 km), so do they shorten the prayer, even though they did not intend to travel?The Shaykh: Is this person a traveler?The questioner: He is not a traveler, but the issue is confusing for some of the brothers.
The Shaykh: It is not confusing. We hold that the one who returns on the same day is not a traveler, even if he reaches ninety kilometers; because he does not bid farewell when he departs, nor does he receive a welcome when he returns, so he is not a traveler. What people consider travel is travel, and what they do not consider travel is not.
As for the one who sets the limit by distance, which is eighty-three kilometers, he says: If he exceeds (83 km), even if he returns within the hour, he is a traveler. But the soul does not find peace with this, and the original ruling is the obligation to complete the prayer. If the original ruling is the obligation to complete it, then it is not permissible to deviate from it to shortening except for something that brings peace to the soul; because the obligation to complete it is a matter of certainty, and the fact that it is shortened at this distance is a matter of doubt. What is the wisdom? To leave the certainty and go to the doubtful?The questioner: The certainty.
The Shaykh: So, praise be to Allah, since we are in doubt about this, and it is a point of disagreement among the scholars, and the Qur'an and the Sunnah did not specify it by a distance,So we say: this is not considered travel by people, and the original ruling is the obligation to complete the prayer, so let him complete it.