Is it prescribed to shorten the prayer for the people of Makkah in Mina?

The questioner : Is it prescribed for the people of Makkah to shorten the prayer in Mina?

The Shaykh : The people of Makkah did the same when they performed Hajj with the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and the best guidance is the guidance of Muhammad, and nothing has changed. This is because the scholars mentioned that shortening the prayer in Mina for the people of Makkah may be because it was considered travel in that era, or it may be because it is one of the rituals of Hajj. If that is the case, it is not permissible for us to change anything that we have separated from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) without a command from him. Perhaps it is good to give an example of this by reminding our brothers present, whom I think—and perhaps my thought is also the thought of a believer, for the thought of a believer is supposed to be certainty—perhaps our brothers present, as I think, are participating with us in what we delivered recently, which is that our call to the Book and the Sunnah is coupled with the condition that this call be according to the methodology of the righteous Salaf.