Ruling on combining and shortening prayers for a traveler before reaching the city
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Question:
A traveler nowadays sometimes estimates that he will reach the city at the time of 'Isha', for example, the four-rak'ah prayer?
Answer:
If he prays it while traveling, there is nothing wrong with it. If he prays it, he prays two rak'ahs. If he waits until he reaches the city, he prays four.
Q: Sometimes at gas stations, meaning before they reach 80 km or less than 80 km, meaning at the end of a gas station, they pray Maghrib and 'Isha combined and shortened?
The Shaykh: And they are traveling?
Q: Yes.
The Shaykh: There is nothing wrong with it.
Q: ...80 km?
The Shaykh: There is nothing wrong with it. If they pray before entering the city, if they leave the city, they pray.
Q: No, before they leave the city.
The Shaykh: No, they pray four. When they leave the city, they pray two. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), when he left Madinah, prayed two rak'ahs at Dhul-Hulayfah.
A traveler nowadays sometimes estimates that he will reach the city at the time of 'Isha', for example, the four-rak'ah prayer?
Answer:
If he prays it while traveling, there is nothing wrong with it. If he prays it, he prays two rak'ahs. If he waits until he reaches the city, he prays four.
Q: Sometimes at gas stations, meaning before they reach 80 km or less than 80 km, meaning at the end of a gas station, they pray Maghrib and 'Isha combined and shortened?
The Shaykh: And they are traveling?
Q: Yes.
The Shaykh: There is nothing wrong with it.
Q: ...80 km?
The Shaykh: There is nothing wrong with it. If they pray before entering the city, if they leave the city, they pray.
Q: No, before they leave the city.
The Shaykh: No, they pray four. When they leave the city, they pray two. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), when he left Madinah, prayed two rak'ahs at Dhul-Hulayfah.
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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