A woman traveled to Makkah, and when she returned to the area where she resides, the time for the midday prayer entered, so she prayed it shortened. What is the ruling in that?
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The questioner : Noble Shaykh, a woman traveled to Makkah, and when she returned to the area where she resides, the time for the midday prayer entered, so she prayed the midday prayer shortened. What is the ruling in that?
The Shaykh : The ruling in that is that when a person reaches his home, the dispensation ends, meaning the dispensation of travel, so he does not shorten, even if the time entered while he was traveling and then he reached the town before praying, he does not shorten, because the time for the dispensation has ended. And the reverse is the reverse, meaning, if the time for the midday prayer entered and you are in your town, then you traveled and did not pray until you were outside the town, how do you pray? You pray two rak'ahs, shortened, because the criterion is the performance of the prayer. So if the time entered and you were traveling, you had not reached the town, then you reached it, pray four. And if the time entered and you were in the town, then you traveled, pray what? Two rak'ahs, considering the performance of the prayer. Just as with wearing socks, if you put them on while resident, then wiped over them, then traveled, you complete the wiping of a traveler. And the reverse is the reverse: if you wiped over them while traveling, then you reached your town and the day and night had ended, there is no wiping, because the duration for wiping has ended. Yes. As for the one who prayed two rak'ahs when she reached her town, she must repeat the prayer now with four rak'ahs, because her obligation is still encumbered by it.
The Shaykh : The ruling in that is that when a person reaches his home, the dispensation ends, meaning the dispensation of travel, so he does not shorten, even if the time entered while he was traveling and then he reached the town before praying, he does not shorten, because the time for the dispensation has ended. And the reverse is the reverse, meaning, if the time for the midday prayer entered and you are in your town, then you traveled and did not pray until you were outside the town, how do you pray? You pray two rak'ahs, shortened, because the criterion is the performance of the prayer. So if the time entered and you were traveling, you had not reached the town, then you reached it, pray four. And if the time entered and you were in the town, then you traveled, pray what? Two rak'ahs, considering the performance of the prayer. Just as with wearing socks, if you put them on while resident, then wiped over them, then traveled, you complete the wiping of a traveler. And the reverse is the reverse: if you wiped over them while traveling, then you reached your town and the day and night had ended, there is no wiping, because the duration for wiping has ended. Yes. As for the one who prayed two rak'ahs when she reached her town, she must repeat the prayer now with four rak'ahs, because her obligation is still encumbered by it.