He says: If I arrive from a long journey and, before reaching my country of residence, I am about ten kilometers away, and the time for the midday prayer, for example, has entered, should I shorten the prayer or...
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The questioner : He says: If I arrive from a long journey and, before reaching my country of residence, I am about ten kilometers away, and the time for the midday prayer, for example, has entered, should I shorten the prayer or complete it? And if I combine the afternoon prayer with it, is that permissible or not? Yes.
The Shaykh : Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and I send prayers and peace upon our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and all his Companions. Regarding the question you asked, which is that you are a traveler approaching your country, with ten kilometers remaining between you and it, and the time for the midday prayer has entered: is it permissible for you to shorten and combine? The answer is: Shortening is permissible for you because the prayer became obligatory upon you while you were traveling, and the prayer of a traveler is shortened. As for combining, you should not combine, because combining is for pressing need, and here you have no pressing need for combining as long as you will reach your country before the time for the afternoon prayer arrives. Accordingly, pray the midday prayer as two units, and when you arrive in your country and the time for the afternoon prayer enters, pray it as four units.
The questioner : May Allah bless you.
The Shaykh : Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and I send prayers and peace upon our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and all his Companions. Regarding the question you asked, which is that you are a traveler approaching your country, with ten kilometers remaining between you and it, and the time for the midday prayer has entered: is it permissible for you to shorten and combine? The answer is: Shortening is permissible for you because the prayer became obligatory upon you while you were traveling, and the prayer of a traveler is shortened. As for combining, you should not combine, because combining is for pressing need, and here you have no pressing need for combining as long as you will reach your country before the time for the afternoon prayer arrives. Accordingly, pray the midday prayer as two units, and when you arrive in your country and the time for the afternoon prayer enters, pray it as four units.
The questioner : May Allah bless you.