The traveler who enters his hometown without having prayed the prayer whose time began while he was traveling: does he shorten it or complete it?
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The questioner : O Shaykh, may Allah preserve you, for example, I traveled from Riyadh to Qassim and stayed there for a day or two, then returned to Riyadh. The time for the Zuhr prayer entered while I was halfway back. I intended to delay it to be prayed with 'Asr. If I arrive in my area, do I pray two rak'ahs or four?
The Shaykh : And are you from the people of Riyadh?
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Yes, if a person reaches his hometown without having prayed the prayer whose time began while he was traveling, he must complete it, because the journey has ended. And the reverse is the reverse: if a person is in his hometown when the time enters, and then he travels before praying, he shortens it. For example, if the adhan for Zuhr is called while he is in his town, and then he travels before praying, we say: Pray the prayer while traveling; pray Zuhr while traveling as two rak'ahs.
The questioner : For example, the time is called and I left my town.
The Shaykh : He prays two rak'ahs. Yes, if he leaves his town before praying, he prays two rak'ahs.
The questioner : Even if the adhan for Zuhr has been called?
The Shaykh : Even if the adhan for Zuhr is called while he is in his town, the criterion is the act of praying, not the time.
The questioner : Some of the common people, may Allah reward you with good, among men and women, when they come to the miqat for 'Umrah, say: If he wants to enter Makkah with something, like a bag or money, he enters in ihram with it. What is your opinion on this?
The Shaykh : What did he say?
The questioner : If he wants to enter Makkah, like in ihram, entering with a bag, is it not permissible to enter with it, or money, what is your opinion, O Shaykh?
The Shaykh : I did not understand.
The Shaykh : And are you from the people of Riyadh?
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Yes, if a person reaches his hometown without having prayed the prayer whose time began while he was traveling, he must complete it, because the journey has ended. And the reverse is the reverse: if a person is in his hometown when the time enters, and then he travels before praying, he shortens it. For example, if the adhan for Zuhr is called while he is in his town, and then he travels before praying, we say: Pray the prayer while traveling; pray Zuhr while traveling as two rak'ahs.
The questioner : For example, the time is called and I left my town.
The Shaykh : He prays two rak'ahs. Yes, if he leaves his town before praying, he prays two rak'ahs.
The questioner : Even if the adhan for Zuhr has been called?
The Shaykh : Even if the adhan for Zuhr is called while he is in his town, the criterion is the act of praying, not the time.
The questioner : Some of the common people, may Allah reward you with good, among men and women, when they come to the miqat for 'Umrah, say: If he wants to enter Makkah with something, like a bag or money, he enters in ihram with it. What is your opinion on this?
The Shaykh : What did he say?
The questioner : If he wants to enter Makkah, like in ihram, entering with a bag, is it not permissible to enter with it, or money, what is your opinion, O Shaykh?
The Shaykh : I did not understand.