Ruling on shortening the prayer for one whose work requires constant travel
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Q: From 'Abd al-'Aziz ibn 'Abd Allah ibn Baz to the honorable brother, the virtuous Shaykh: M. H. 'A., Judge of the Khaybar Court, may Allah grant him understanding in all good, amen.
Peace be upon you, and Allah's mercy and blessings, after which,
- O Beloved - Your noble letter dated 3/4/1389 AH reached us, may Allah guide you to the right path. It contained a question about the permissibility of shortening the prayer and combining it for one whose regular work involves traveling from the Kingdom to outside it, or from some cities of the Kingdom to others where it is permissible for a traveler to shorten and combine, such as drivers, and those in their category of itinerant sellers and buyers. This was known.
A: These people are considered travelers, and it is prescribed for them to shorten the prayer, and it is permissible for them to combine it like other travelers, according to the majority of scholars, due to the generality of the scriptural evidence in this matter. We do not know of any evidence that contradicts this. As for the statement of some jurists that a caravan leader who has his family with him and does not intend to reside in a specific city does not avail himself of the dispensations of travel, that is a weak opinion for which we do not know any basis in the Shari'ah, as Abu Muhammad ibn Qudamah (may Allah have mercy on him) pointed out in al-Mughni.
Peace be upon you, and Allah's mercy and blessings, after which,
- O Beloved - Your noble letter dated 3/4/1389 AH reached us, may Allah guide you to the right path. It contained a question about the permissibility of shortening the prayer and combining it for one whose regular work involves traveling from the Kingdom to outside it, or from some cities of the Kingdom to others where it is permissible for a traveler to shorten and combine, such as drivers, and those in their category of itinerant sellers and buyers. This was known.
A: These people are considered travelers, and it is prescribed for them to shorten the prayer, and it is permissible for them to combine it like other travelers, according to the majority of scholars, due to the generality of the scriptural evidence in this matter. We do not know of any evidence that contradicts this. As for the statement of some jurists that a caravan leader who has his family with him and does not intend to reside in a specific city does not avail himself of the dispensations of travel, that is a weak opinion for which we do not know any basis in the Shari'ah, as Abu Muhammad ibn Qudamah (may Allah have mercy on him) pointed out in al-Mughni.
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