If one travels to a certain country and has only fifteen kilometers left until he arrives, does he combine and shorten the prayer?
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The questioner : If you travel from one country to another, and there are, for example, fifteen kilometers left to this country, and the time catches up with you, am I allowed to combine?
The Shaykh : The second country, the one you are about to enter, is your country or another country?
The questioner : Another country.
The Shaykh : Yes, there is no obstacle. Combine and shorten.
The questioner : And when I arrive, meaning, for example, I reach the place where I live, my house or something like that, and there is, for example, half an hour or a quarter of an hour left until the second time.
The Shaykh : There is no obstacle at all. You are done; you have performed the obligatory duty that is upon you, and you are done.
The questioner : And the reverse, if I arrive in the country where I am.
The Shaykh : Your country, you mean.
The questioner : Yes
The Shaykh : If you arrive in your country, there is no harm either. But if the country you are about to enter is your country, do not combine.
The questioner : Just shorten.
The Shaykh : Shorten, but do not combine.
The questioner : Even if, meaning, I do not know whether I will catch the time or not.
The Shaykh : The important thing is, I told you, if you know that usually there is only half an hour left to the country.
The questioner : Yes
The Shaykh : And the time is two hours left here, we say now: do not combine, because you will arrive early and pray the prayer in its time. But if you combine, there is no harm, though it is better not to combine.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good
The Shaykh : And with this, this meeting ends, and until another meeting, if Allah wills, and praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and may Allah send prayers and blessings upon our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and his Companions, and those who follow them with excellence until the Day of Judgment.
The Shaykh : The second country, the one you are about to enter, is your country or another country?
The questioner : Another country.
The Shaykh : Yes, there is no obstacle. Combine and shorten.
The questioner : And when I arrive, meaning, for example, I reach the place where I live, my house or something like that, and there is, for example, half an hour or a quarter of an hour left until the second time.
The Shaykh : There is no obstacle at all. You are done; you have performed the obligatory duty that is upon you, and you are done.
The questioner : And the reverse, if I arrive in the country where I am.
The Shaykh : Your country, you mean.
The questioner : Yes
The Shaykh : If you arrive in your country, there is no harm either. But if the country you are about to enter is your country, do not combine.
The questioner : Just shorten.
The Shaykh : Shorten, but do not combine.
The questioner : Even if, meaning, I do not know whether I will catch the time or not.
The Shaykh : The important thing is, I told you, if you know that usually there is only half an hour left to the country.
The questioner : Yes
The Shaykh : And the time is two hours left here, we say now: do not combine, because you will arrive early and pray the prayer in its time. But if you combine, there is no harm, though it is better not to combine.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good
The Shaykh : And with this, this meeting ends, and until another meeting, if Allah wills, and praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and may Allah send prayers and blessings upon our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and his Companions, and those who follow them with excellence until the Day of Judgment.