Do car drivers combine and shorten the prayer, or only shorten it?
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The questioner : Is it permissible for the questioner to always shorten the prayer, or only combine and shorten, or does he pray normally, meaning his prayer is complete?
The Shaykh : Since you are a driver, I will benefit from you in something I may not know, which is: from where does your journey begin? From here to where?
The questioner : From here to Aqaba, to Baghdad.
The Shaykh : To Aqaba, okay.
Another questioner : I did not hear the rest, my Shaykh.
The Shaykh : What is the rest?
Another questioner : From here to Aqaba, from here to Baghdad, from here to Saudi Arabia.
The Shaykh : Okay, no problem, meaning after Aqaba, further, meaning to Saudi Arabia, to Iraq, to Aqaba, yes. When you leave from Amman here...
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Do you intend to travel?
The questioner : Yes, I intend to travel.
The Shaykh : You intend to travel.
The questioner : And I pray two rak'ahs.
The Shaykh : No, no, no, one word and it is covered; we do not want to give a lecture. I say you intend to travel, you say yes. Okay, do you stay in Aqaba for days?
The questioner : Allah knows, I do not know. Sometimes, as a driver, I prepare my cargo. If possible, I stay ten days; sometimes I stay one day; on some days, I go and return on the same day.
The Shaykh : So this is it, may Allah reward you. So you know, but what you know takes different forms and types: sometimes one day, sometimes two days, sometimes...
The questioner : I do not know when, meaning when it is prepared...
The Shaykh : That is enough, my brother, we understood. We got what we wanted from you, and may Allah reward you with good. Since you leave from here intending to travel and reach Aqaba and do not know when you will return, I will answer you within the scope of what you answered me. I say: you are a traveler. You are a traveler until you return to Amman, so you pray shortened, and this is your duty, and you combine the two prayers, and this is a dispensation.
The questioner: May Allah bless you.
The Shaykh : Clear.
The questioner: May Allah bless you.
The Shaykh : Okay, anything else?
The Shaykh : Since you are a driver, I will benefit from you in something I may not know, which is: from where does your journey begin? From here to where?
The questioner : From here to Aqaba, to Baghdad.
The Shaykh : To Aqaba, okay.
Another questioner : I did not hear the rest, my Shaykh.
The Shaykh : What is the rest?
Another questioner : From here to Aqaba, from here to Baghdad, from here to Saudi Arabia.
The Shaykh : Okay, no problem, meaning after Aqaba, further, meaning to Saudi Arabia, to Iraq, to Aqaba, yes. When you leave from Amman here...
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Do you intend to travel?
The questioner : Yes, I intend to travel.
The Shaykh : You intend to travel.
The questioner : And I pray two rak'ahs.
The Shaykh : No, no, no, one word and it is covered; we do not want to give a lecture. I say you intend to travel, you say yes. Okay, do you stay in Aqaba for days?
The questioner : Allah knows, I do not know. Sometimes, as a driver, I prepare my cargo. If possible, I stay ten days; sometimes I stay one day; on some days, I go and return on the same day.
The Shaykh : So this is it, may Allah reward you. So you know, but what you know takes different forms and types: sometimes one day, sometimes two days, sometimes...
The questioner : I do not know when, meaning when it is prepared...
The Shaykh : That is enough, my brother, we understood. We got what we wanted from you, and may Allah reward you with good. Since you leave from here intending to travel and reach Aqaba and do not know when you will return, I will answer you within the scope of what you answered me. I say: you are a traveler. You are a traveler until you return to Amman, so you pray shortened, and this is your duty, and you combine the two prayers, and this is a dispensation.
The questioner: May Allah bless you.
The Shaykh : Clear.
The questioner: May Allah bless you.
The Shaykh : Okay, anything else?
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