If a man travels after the time for the Zuhr prayer has entered, for example, is it permissible for him to shorten it and combine it with the 'Asr prayer as a combination of delay?
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The questioner : May Allah forgive you. If a traveler leaves his town after the time for a prayer that is combined with the one following it has entered, is it permissible for him to delay it after its time has passed in order to combine it with the time of the prayer that follows?
The Shaykh : Yes. If a traveler leaves after the time for the Zuhr prayer has entered, for example, and Zuhr is combined with 'Asr, then he may combine and shorten even if the time entered while he was resident, because the criterion is the performance of the prayer, not the time of the prayer. This is the rule. Based on this, if the Zuhr prayer becomes obligatory while you are traveling and then you arrive in your town, you pray four rak'ahs, even though it became obligatory for you as two rak'ahs, but you pray four, because the criterion is the performance. If the time for the prayer enters while you are in your town and then you travel and pray in the open, you pray two rak'ahs, because the criterion is the performance of the prayer. Yes.
The questioner : Your Eminence, what is the limit to which a woman may expose her hands in the presence of mahrams and in gatherings of women?
The Shaykh : The forearm, the lower leg, the neck, the head, and the face; all of this is permissible. But this does not mean that a woman should wear clothes that reach only to the knee or to the elbow. No.
The Shaykh : Yes. If a traveler leaves after the time for the Zuhr prayer has entered, for example, and Zuhr is combined with 'Asr, then he may combine and shorten even if the time entered while he was resident, because the criterion is the performance of the prayer, not the time of the prayer. This is the rule. Based on this, if the Zuhr prayer becomes obligatory while you are traveling and then you arrive in your town, you pray four rak'ahs, even though it became obligatory for you as two rak'ahs, but you pray four, because the criterion is the performance. If the time for the prayer enters while you are in your town and then you travel and pray in the open, you pray two rak'ahs, because the criterion is the performance of the prayer. Yes.
The questioner : Your Eminence, what is the limit to which a woman may expose her hands in the presence of mahrams and in gatherings of women?
The Shaykh : The forearm, the lower leg, the neck, the head, and the face; all of this is permissible. But this does not mean that a woman should wear clothes that reach only to the knee or to the elbow. No.