Does one who attends Buraydah daily for study shorten the prayer?
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The questioner : We are located approximately away from the city of Buraydah, and we attend the Imam Muhammad ibn Saud Islamic University daily for our studies. We encounter hardship, as Allah knows best, especially on the return journey. Since we attend daily, should we shorten our prayers?
The Shaykh : I see that you should not shorten your prayers, because this travel is not considered a journey, since you break your fast at your homes and have your midday meal at your homes. So, what I see is that you should not shorten them. Some scholars who measure travel by distance and say that the distance for shortening is approximately 81 or 83 kilometers would consider you to be travelers on this opinion, and it would be permissible for you to take the dispensation. But I do not see that you should do so; complete the prayers. And the issue, praise be to Allah, is just two extra rak'ahs, which does not harm the person. Yes.
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90كمThe Shaykh : I see that you should not shorten your prayers, because this travel is not considered a journey, since you break your fast at your homes and have your midday meal at your homes. So, what I see is that you should not shorten them. Some scholars who measure travel by distance and say that the distance for shortening is approximately 81 or 83 kilometers would consider you to be travelers on this opinion, and it would be permissible for you to take the dispensation. But I do not see that you should do so; complete the prayers. And the issue, praise be to Allah, is just two extra rak'ahs, which does not harm the person. Yes.