I would like clarification on the ruling regarding shortening and combining prayers in a town where I have arrived as a traveler without specifying a duration, and whether I am required to complete the prayers if I specify a return date?
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The questioner: Well, after that, I feel at ease with you, if Allah wills. May Allah prolong your life. I feel at ease with you while you are speaking.
The Shaykh : May Allah preserve you.
The questioner: May Allah keep you for us.
The Shaykh : May Allah keep you safe.
The questioner: Also, Shaykh, I want to tell you that I... I specified the period I want, meaning I didn't specify, I knew whether I should continue shortening or change and pray the full prayer?
The Shaykh: So how long did you specify?
The questioner: I booked for next Thursday, and I have been shortening since I first arrived.
The Shaykh: Yes, how long have you been here?
The questioner: I have been here for a period of approximately twenty-one months, but you, in your tape, said that there is no limit. I listened to your tape and a tape of Ibn Uthaymeen, but Ibn Baz says: if, meaning, you intend to stay more than... I don't know how many days you have to pray the full prayer, and I am not following your tape, you are.
The Shaykh: Okay, may Allah reward you, when did you intend?
The questioner: I intend, if Allah wills, on a day, not this Thursday that is coming, next Thursday.
The Shaykh: Now, did you intend to reside when you arrived here?
The questioner: No, I did not intend to reside, I left it to Allah.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner: Meaning, I did not say how long I want to stay in this country, I.
The Shaykh: And when did you intend how long you would stay?
The questioner: I intended to travel?
The Shaykh: No.
The questioner: I intended how long I would stay here?
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner: I did not intend, I said, let it be, meaning, I am with my family, I did not intend how long I want to stay.
The Shaykh: Oh, a new door has opened here, you are saying with your family?
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh: Who is your family here, your father?
The questioner: No, no, no, my younger brother.
The Shaykh: Your brothers?
The questioner: Yes, and the children of my brother, my younger brother.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner: And because I heard you say that if he has a house.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner: He prays the full prayer.
The Shaykh: Perfect.
The questioner: Yes, that is what I heard you say, but Ibn Uthaymeen did not say this, you are the one who said it.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner: Yes, I am coming to visit my family's house.
The Shaykh: And that is why I was afraid of the word "your family."
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh: I was afraid that you had returned to your father's house.
The questioner: No, no, no, I am coming as a guest to my younger brother.
The Shaykh: Okay, good.
The questioner: It has been a while since I wanted to see them, it has been twelve years since I saw them.
The Shaykh: Yes, if Allah wills, did you find them well?
The questioner: Oh, praise be to Allah, but I also have a house in Jeddah, I reside in Riyadh, I have a house in Jeddah, when I go to Jeddah, I will pray the full prayer.
The Shaykh: Perfect.
The questioner: Because that is what I heard on the tape, may Allah bless you and prolong your life, I don't know, I feel very at ease with your fatwas.
The Shaykh: May Allah give you health and increase you in jurisprudence and knowledge.
The questioner: May Allah prolong your life and bless you.
The Shaykh : May Allah preserve you.
The questioner: This is from the grace of Allah, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh: This is all from the grace of my Lord, yes.
The questioner: Praise be to Allah, from the grace of Allah, meaning, one gains understanding in the religion, I gain understanding in the religion, I was the first principal of a school, now I am a supervisor for religious subjects in Riyadh.
The Shaykh: Perfect.
The questioner: And I, meaning, I did not know anything about the religion, this is from the grace of Allah.
The Shaykh: What Allah willed, praise be to Allah.
The questioner: May Allah prolong your life.
The Shaykh :[An-Nahl 16:53] .
The questioner: Praise be to Allah.
The Shaykh: Now, briefly.
The questioner: Meaning, as long as I intend, because in the book of al-Siddiq al-Sabiq, in the books of al-Siddiq al-Sabiq.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner: "Fiqh al-Sunnah."
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner: It says that, for example, as long as you are not specifying a day, if you stay for six months, however long you stay, keep shortening.
The Shaykh: Perfect.
The questioner: But if you specify, here, meaning, pray the full prayer, so I specified when I want to travel.
The Shaykh: Okay, now you will pray the full prayer, if Allah wills.
The questioner: Okay, meaning, always, if I go to a town and do not specify.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner: I keep shortening.
The Shaykh : Yes, yes.
The questioner: And if I specify that I want to stay, for example, two weeks or something, do I pray the full prayer?!
The Shaykh: Perfect, may Allah reward you.
The questioner: May Allah reward you, you, may Allah prolong your life, you, and keep you for us, O Lord.
The Shaykh : May Allah preserve you.
The questioner: May Allah increase in Islam people like you.
The Shaykh : May Allah keep you safe.
The questioner: May Allah reward you with all good.
The Shaykh: And you, and peace be upon you.
The questioner: And upon you be peace and the mercy of Allah and His blessings.
The Shaykh: What is this, Allahu Akbar.
The questioner : ... O my Shaykh.
The Shaykh: Allahu Akbar.
The questioner: May Allah protect her, what Allah willed about her.
The Shaykh : What Allah willed.
The questioner: She is intelligent and aware.
The Shaykh : May Allah preserve you.
The questioner: May Allah keep you for us.
The Shaykh : May Allah keep you safe.
The questioner: Also, Shaykh, I want to tell you that I... I specified the period I want, meaning I didn't specify, I knew whether I should continue shortening or change and pray the full prayer?
The Shaykh: So how long did you specify?
The questioner: I booked for next Thursday, and I have been shortening since I first arrived.
The Shaykh: Yes, how long have you been here?
The questioner: I have been here for a period of approximately twenty-one months, but you, in your tape, said that there is no limit. I listened to your tape and a tape of Ibn Uthaymeen, but Ibn Baz says: if, meaning, you intend to stay more than... I don't know how many days you have to pray the full prayer, and I am not following your tape, you are.
The Shaykh: Okay, may Allah reward you, when did you intend?
The questioner: I intend, if Allah wills, on a day, not this Thursday that is coming, next Thursday.
The Shaykh: Now, did you intend to reside when you arrived here?
The questioner: No, I did not intend to reside, I left it to Allah.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner: Meaning, I did not say how long I want to stay in this country, I.
The Shaykh: And when did you intend how long you would stay?
The questioner: I intended to travel?
The Shaykh: No.
The questioner: I intended how long I would stay here?
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner: I did not intend, I said, let it be, meaning, I am with my family, I did not intend how long I want to stay.
The Shaykh: Oh, a new door has opened here, you are saying with your family?
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh: Who is your family here, your father?
The questioner: No, no, no, my younger brother.
The Shaykh: Your brothers?
The questioner: Yes, and the children of my brother, my younger brother.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner: And because I heard you say that if he has a house.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner: He prays the full prayer.
The Shaykh: Perfect.
The questioner: Yes, that is what I heard you say, but Ibn Uthaymeen did not say this, you are the one who said it.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner: Yes, I am coming to visit my family's house.
The Shaykh: And that is why I was afraid of the word "your family."
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh: I was afraid that you had returned to your father's house.
The questioner: No, no, no, I am coming as a guest to my younger brother.
The Shaykh: Okay, good.
The questioner: It has been a while since I wanted to see them, it has been twelve years since I saw them.
The Shaykh: Yes, if Allah wills, did you find them well?
The questioner: Oh, praise be to Allah, but I also have a house in Jeddah, I reside in Riyadh, I have a house in Jeddah, when I go to Jeddah, I will pray the full prayer.
The Shaykh: Perfect.
The questioner: Because that is what I heard on the tape, may Allah bless you and prolong your life, I don't know, I feel very at ease with your fatwas.
The Shaykh: May Allah give you health and increase you in jurisprudence and knowledge.
The questioner: May Allah prolong your life and bless you.
The Shaykh : May Allah preserve you.
The questioner: This is from the grace of Allah, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh: This is all from the grace of my Lord, yes.
The questioner: Praise be to Allah, from the grace of Allah, meaning, one gains understanding in the religion, I gain understanding in the religion, I was the first principal of a school, now I am a supervisor for religious subjects in Riyadh.
The Shaykh: Perfect.
The questioner: And I, meaning, I did not know anything about the religion, this is from the grace of Allah.
The Shaykh: What Allah willed, praise be to Allah.
The questioner: May Allah prolong your life.
The Shaykh :
And whatever you have of favor - it is from Allah
وَمَا بِكُمْ مِنْ نِعْمَةٍ فَمِنَ اللَّهِThe questioner: Praise be to Allah.
The Shaykh: Now, briefly.
The questioner: Meaning, as long as I intend, because in the book of al-Siddiq al-Sabiq, in the books of al-Siddiq al-Sabiq.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner: "Fiqh al-Sunnah."
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner: It says that, for example, as long as you are not specifying a day, if you stay for six months, however long you stay, keep shortening.
The Shaykh: Perfect.
The questioner: But if you specify, here, meaning, pray the full prayer, so I specified when I want to travel.
The Shaykh: Okay, now you will pray the full prayer, if Allah wills.
The questioner: Okay, meaning, always, if I go to a town and do not specify.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner: I keep shortening.
The Shaykh : Yes, yes.
The questioner: And if I specify that I want to stay, for example, two weeks or something, do I pray the full prayer?!
The Shaykh: Perfect, may Allah reward you.
The questioner: May Allah reward you, you, may Allah prolong your life, you, and keep you for us, O Lord.
The Shaykh : May Allah preserve you.
The questioner: May Allah increase in Islam people like you.
The Shaykh : May Allah keep you safe.
The questioner: May Allah reward you with all good.
The Shaykh: And you, and peace be upon you.
The questioner: And upon you be peace and the mercy of Allah and His blessings.
The Shaykh: What is this, Allahu Akbar.
The questioner : ... O my Shaykh.
The Shaykh: Allahu Akbar.
The questioner: May Allah protect her, what Allah willed about her.
The Shaykh : What Allah willed.
The questioner: She is intelligent and aware.
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