Is it permissible for a traveler who is traveling in disobedience to shorten the prayer?
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The questioner : If a person travels in disobedience, such as committing lewd acts or drinking intoxicants, is it permissible for him to shorten the prayer or not?
The Shaykh : The scholarly disagreement on this issue is also well known. However, I say that a person who travels with this intention has no right to take the dispensation. As for a person who travels and it is his nature to commit violations, but he did not intend to travel in order to violate, and rather sins and violations occur from him, then he has the right to take the dispensation. Is the difference clear to you?
The questioner : Yes, yes.
The Shaykh : Praise be to Allah.
The Shaykh : The scholarly disagreement on this issue is also well known. However, I say that a person who travels with this intention has no right to take the dispensation. As for a person who travels and it is his nature to commit violations, but he did not intend to travel in order to violate, and rather sins and violations occur from him, then he has the right to take the dispensation. Is the difference clear to you?
The questioner : Yes, yes.
The Shaykh : Praise be to Allah.
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