If the call to prayer for the midday prayer is made and the traveler has intended to travel and has boarded his car, should he combine it with the afternoon prayer or pray it with them?
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The questioner : All right, O Shaykh, if the midday prayer time arrives for a traveler, for example, and the call is made while he has resolved to travel and has boarded the car, does he delay the midday prayer until the afternoon prayer, or does he pray it with them?
The Shaykh : There is no harm in not opposing them if the call is made while he is in his home country; he may delay it and pray it shortened. Even if the call is made, if he hears the second call while he is in his home country, he must pray; he has to pray.
The questioner : Does he pray the midday prayer, or the midday and afternoon prayers?
The Shaykh : No, not the afternoon prayer; he does not pray it because he has not yet traveled. If he hears the second call, he prays the midday prayer with the people, then he boards. And when the time for the afternoon prayer comes, he prays it.
The questioner : Complete, not shortened.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : Not shortened, complete, meaning?
The Shaykh : Yes, complete, because he is in his home country. But if he fears missing his companions, if he fears missing the group, such as if he has a scheduled flight departure, and if he delays until the imam comes and gives the second call, he will miss the flight, then in this case he is excused for leaving the congregation. He goes out and prays the midday prayer shortened on the right side.
The Shaykh : There is no harm in not opposing them if the call is made while he is in his home country; he may delay it and pray it shortened. Even if the call is made, if he hears the second call while he is in his home country, he must pray; he has to pray.
The questioner : Does he pray the midday prayer, or the midday and afternoon prayers?
The Shaykh : No, not the afternoon prayer; he does not pray it because he has not yet traveled. If he hears the second call, he prays the midday prayer with the people, then he boards. And when the time for the afternoon prayer comes, he prays it.
The questioner : Complete, not shortened.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : Not shortened, complete, meaning?
The Shaykh : Yes, complete, because he is in his home country. But if he fears missing his companions, if he fears missing the group, such as if he has a scheduled flight departure, and if he delays until the imam comes and gives the second call, he will miss the flight, then in this case he is excused for leaving the congregation. He goes out and prays the midday prayer shortened on the right side.