What is the distance for shortening the prayer?
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The questioner : What is the distance for shortening?
The Shaykh : May Allah help us with the distance. This is our discussion. This is our discussion, O Shaykh. We need to start the topic over from the beginning.
Another questioner : A summary.
The questioner : Just tell us the distance.
The Shaykh : There is no specific distance for travel. Any travel, any travel that a traveler undertakes, he is a traveler. It is permissible for him to shorten the prayer, in fact, it is obligatory for him to shorten it. It is also permissible for him to break his fast in Ramadan and make it up later, regardless of the distance.
The questioner : Five kilometers, ten kilometers.
The Shaykh : Any distance, but he must be a traveler. Who is a traveler? He is the one who prepares himself as travelers do. We were talking about this an hour ago, I and one of you, and with us was a man who came with us from Hama. He is present, he is here. He came and wanted to, without exposing you, my brother.
Another questioner : It is known!
The Shaykh : So he came with us, and while we were praying the shortened prayer, he asked, and we discussed this topic. So I see that the man from Hama is coming to the village either to sit in a gathering like this one, and then after an hour or two he returns to his town. This is not a traveler. Why? Not because he did not cover a distance of eighty kilometers or three days and nights as some schools of jurisprudence say, but because he is not a traveler. He did not prepare as for a journey. So anyone who leaves his town and prepares and takes his luggage for a journey, whether it is short or long, he is a traveler. This is a summary of what took place in the gathering before your honor.
Do you have anything else, or are you finished?
Another questioner : I have something.
The Shaykh : Bring it so we can see.
The questioner : , by Allah, one more time.
The Shaykh: Go ahead.
The Shaykh : May Allah help us with the distance. This is our discussion. This is our discussion, O Shaykh. We need to start the topic over from the beginning.
Another questioner : A summary.
The questioner : Just tell us the distance.
The Shaykh : There is no specific distance for travel. Any travel, any travel that a traveler undertakes, he is a traveler. It is permissible for him to shorten the prayer, in fact, it is obligatory for him to shorten it. It is also permissible for him to break his fast in Ramadan and make it up later, regardless of the distance.
The questioner : Five kilometers, ten kilometers.
The Shaykh : Any distance, but he must be a traveler. Who is a traveler? He is the one who prepares himself as travelers do. We were talking about this an hour ago, I and one of you, and with us was a man who came with us from Hama. He is present, he is here. He came and wanted to, without exposing you, my brother.
Another questioner : It is known!
The Shaykh : So he came with us, and while we were praying the shortened prayer, he asked, and we discussed this topic. So I see that the man from Hama is coming to the village either to sit in a gathering like this one, and then after an hour or two he returns to his town. This is not a traveler. Why? Not because he did not cover a distance of eighty kilometers or three days and nights as some schools of jurisprudence say, but because he is not a traveler. He did not prepare as for a journey. So anyone who leaves his town and prepares and takes his luggage for a journey, whether it is short or long, he is a traveler. This is a summary of what took place in the gathering before your honor.
Do you have anything else, or are you finished?
Another questioner : I have something.
The Shaykh : Bring it so we can see.
The questioner : , by Allah, one more time.
The Shaykh: Go ahead.
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