Does the traveler only combine prayers, or does he combine and shorten?
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The questioner : If you please, Shaykh, regarding the combining of prayers for travelers, is it combining and shortening, or just combining?
The Shaykh : Are you a traveler and a resident?
The questioner : No, no, I am coming from Kuwait.
The Shaykh : Do you understand, are you a resident?
The questioner : No, no, I am not a resident for a month and we are returning.
The Shaykh : So you did not intend to reside?
The questioner : No, we did not intend to reside, just shortening.
The Shaykh : So it is permissible for you, but combining is not permissible for you, and shortening is obligatory upon you.
The questioner : Ah, shortening is obligatory and combining is permissible.
The Shaykh : Combining is permissible and shortening is obligatory upon you, meaning it is not permissible for you to pray the full number of rak'ahs.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : And combining is not obligatory upon you.
The questioner : Okay, our Shaykh, sometimes.
The Shaykh : Clear?
The questioner : I understood, yes, yes.
The Shaykh: All right.
The Shaykh : Are you a traveler and a resident?
The questioner : No, no, I am coming from Kuwait.
The Shaykh : Do you understand, are you a resident?
The questioner : No, no, I am not a resident for a month and we are returning.
The Shaykh : So you did not intend to reside?
The questioner : No, we did not intend to reside, just shortening.
The Shaykh : So it is permissible for you, but combining is not permissible for you, and shortening is obligatory upon you.
The questioner : Ah, shortening is obligatory and combining is permissible.
The Shaykh : Combining is permissible and shortening is obligatory upon you, meaning it is not permissible for you to pray the full number of rak'ahs.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : And combining is not obligatory upon you.
The questioner : Okay, our Shaykh, sometimes.
The Shaykh : Clear?
The questioner : I understood, yes, yes.
The Shaykh: All right.
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