The Ruling on Shortening and Combining Prayers for Those Who Travel to Distant Airports
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Question:
This questioner says in this question, Your Eminence: We went to take one of our brothers to King Khalid Airport in Riyadh, and one of the brothers informed us that it is permissible for us to shorten the prayer, even though we are not travelers. So we prayed the night prayer shortened, and the traveler also prayed shortened with us. Is our action valid? And do we have to repeat it? Knowing that the airport is about sixty kilometers from our home.
Answer:
Going to the airport, whether it is the Riyadh airport, or the Jeddah airport, or something similar, is not called travel. This is a matter of moving within the city and its outskirts; it is not called travel. The traveler who is departing shortens his prayer at the airport before he boards the plane. As for the one who is seeing off a traveler, and the senders will return to the city, these people are not travelers. At the Jeddah airport, or the Riyadh airport, or something similar, these things are part of the city. The one who goes there is not called a traveler, and he has no right to shorten or combine. Yes.
The presenter: Also, the employees, O Shaykh, who work there...
The Shaykh: And the employees likewise are not travelers. Yes.
The presenter: May Allah reward you and bless you, may the Shaykh be respected.
This questioner says in this question, Your Eminence: We went to take one of our brothers to King Khalid Airport in Riyadh, and one of the brothers informed us that it is permissible for us to shorten the prayer, even though we are not travelers. So we prayed the night prayer shortened, and the traveler also prayed shortened with us. Is our action valid? And do we have to repeat it? Knowing that the airport is about sixty kilometers from our home.
Answer:
Going to the airport, whether it is the Riyadh airport, or the Jeddah airport, or something similar, is not called travel. This is a matter of moving within the city and its outskirts; it is not called travel. The traveler who is departing shortens his prayer at the airport before he boards the plane. As for the one who is seeing off a traveler, and the senders will return to the city, these people are not travelers. At the Jeddah airport, or the Riyadh airport, or something similar, these things are part of the city. The one who goes there is not called a traveler, and he has no right to shorten or combine. Yes.
The presenter: Also, the employees, O Shaykh, who work there...
The Shaykh: And the employees likewise are not travelers. Yes.
The presenter: May Allah reward you and bless you, may the Shaykh be respected.
Source
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