What is the ruling on shortening and combining prayers for a sales representative who travels frequently?
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The questioner : The nature of my job involves frequent travel, as I work as a sales representative. I would like to know the ruling on shortening and combining prayers while traveling. Every time I ask someone, they give me a different answer; the first person said one thing, and the second said another. So I would like to know how I should pray and how I should shorten the prayer.
The Shaykh : As long as you are a traveler, you should shorten the prayer, even if your journey is long or repeated. If most of your time is spent traveling, you should shorten the prayer, unless you are behind an imam who completes the prayer, in which case you should complete it.
The questioner : I pray the midday prayer behind an imam who completes it, and I pray the afternoon prayer shortened and combined. I may reach my place or my home an hour or half an hour before the afternoon prayer time.
The Shaykh : It is better not to combine them.
The questioner : It is better not to combine them.
The Shaykh : Pray the midday prayer with the imam and rely on Allah. When you travel and reach your destination, pray two units if you are shortening, or four units if you are completing.
The questioner : Well, the first matter... let us handle it separately, as it is a sensitive issue.
The Shaykh : You have work now.
The questioner : No, I do not have any work.
The Shaykh : Okay, let us finish this.
The Shaykh : As long as you are a traveler, you should shorten the prayer, even if your journey is long or repeated. If most of your time is spent traveling, you should shorten the prayer, unless you are behind an imam who completes the prayer, in which case you should complete it.
The questioner : I pray the midday prayer behind an imam who completes it, and I pray the afternoon prayer shortened and combined. I may reach my place or my home an hour or half an hour before the afternoon prayer time.
The Shaykh : It is better not to combine them.
The questioner : It is better not to combine them.
The Shaykh : Pray the midday prayer with the imam and rely on Allah. When you travel and reach your destination, pray two units if you are shortening, or four units if you are completing.
The questioner : Well, the first matter... let us handle it separately, as it is a sensitive issue.
The Shaykh : You have work now.
The questioner : No, I do not have any work.
The Shaykh : Okay, let us finish this.