If one of them goes on a picnic and travels a long distance that requires shortening the prayer and combining them, and he travels 150 kilometers, but not with the intention of travel, does he shorten and combine?
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The questioner : Another question, O honorable Shaykh, he says: If one of them goes on a picnic to a far distance that requires shortening or combining, does he shorten or combine? For example, even though he did not go for a specific journey, but only for a picnic, yet he traveled one hundred and fifty kilometers, or two hundred, or something similar?
The Shaykh : It is travel, may Allah bless you. As long as it is permissible, a person may avail himself of the dispensations of travel, even if it is a picnic, as long as it is permissible, then availing oneself of the dispensation is permissible.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : You have tired us, yes.
The Shaykh : It is travel, may Allah bless you. As long as it is permissible, a person may avail himself of the dispensations of travel, even if it is a picnic, as long as it is permissible, then availing oneself of the dispensation is permissible.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : You have tired us, yes.