We are a group of teachers who travel daily to a village one hundred and fifty kilometers from the city, and we catch the midday prayer on the way. Is it permissible for us to shorten the prayer?
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The questioner : A group of teachers who travel daily to a village one hundred and fifty kilometers away.
The Shaykh : One hundred and fifty?
The questioner : One hundred.
The Shaykh : ...
The questioner : He says, “and we catch the midday prayer on the way.”
The Shaykh : Repeat the question; I will correct it for you now.
The questioner : He says, “We are a group of teachers who travel daily to a village one hundred and fifty kilometers from the city.”
The Shaykh : Correct.
The questioner : And we catch the midday prayer on the way. Is it permissible for us to shorten the prayer?
The Shaykh : I see that the precaution for these brothers is not to shorten the prayer, because as long as they return on the same day, that is not considered travel. So the precaution is not to shorten it. And if they shorten it based on the fact that the distance for shortening is eighty-three kilometers, I hope there is no harm on them. But the precaution that clears the conscience with certainty, if Allah wills, is to pray four rak'ahs. How much time is left? Four minutes?
The student: It is fine, there is time left.
The Shaykh : One hundred and fifty?
The questioner : One hundred.
The Shaykh : ...
The questioner : He says, “and we catch the midday prayer on the way.”
The Shaykh : Repeat the question; I will correct it for you now.
The questioner : He says, “We are a group of teachers who travel daily to a village one hundred and fifty kilometers from the city.”
The Shaykh : Correct.
The questioner : And we catch the midday prayer on the way. Is it permissible for us to shorten the prayer?
The Shaykh : I see that the precaution for these brothers is not to shorten the prayer, because as long as they return on the same day, that is not considered travel. So the precaution is not to shorten it. And if they shorten it based on the fact that the distance for shortening is eighty-three kilometers, I hope there is no harm on them. But the precaution that clears the conscience with certainty, if Allah wills, is to pray four rak'ahs. How much time is left? Four minutes?
The student: It is fine, there is time left.