The distance at which the prayer is shortened
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The question: He asks, saying: What is the distance, in terms of hours, at which it is permissible to shorten the prayer? And does the ruling differ if the person is riding or walking, or riding a fast vehicle or a slow one?
The answer: The distance upon which the majority of the scholars agree is the distance of a day and a night for riding animals, meaning approximately seventy kilometers by car. Seventy kilometers and above is called travel; it is considered travel. What is not of this distance—seventy or eighty kilometers, or what approximates this distance—is a day and a night for a riding animal in the past, and it is travel that requires provisions and extra supplies. So whoever intends this distance or more has the option to shorten the prayer: he prays Zuhr as two rak'ahs, 'Asr as two rak'ahs, and 'Isha' as two rak'ahs. He has the option to combine Zuhr and 'Asr, and Maghrib and 'Isha', during travel. He also has the option to wipe over his leather socks for three days and their nights during travel when water is absent. His ruling is the ruling of travelers.
As for if it is less than this, such as fifty kilometers or forty kilometers or the like, this is from the outskirts of the town and from its annexes; it is not travel. Yes.
The presenter: May Allah reward you.
The answer: The distance upon which the majority of the scholars agree is the distance of a day and a night for riding animals, meaning approximately seventy kilometers by car. Seventy kilometers and above is called travel; it is considered travel. What is not of this distance—seventy or eighty kilometers, or what approximates this distance—is a day and a night for a riding animal in the past, and it is travel that requires provisions and extra supplies. So whoever intends this distance or more has the option to shorten the prayer: he prays Zuhr as two rak'ahs, 'Asr as two rak'ahs, and 'Isha' as two rak'ahs. He has the option to combine Zuhr and 'Asr, and Maghrib and 'Isha', during travel. He also has the option to wipe over his leather socks for three days and their nights during travel when water is absent. His ruling is the ruling of travelers.
As for if it is less than this, such as fifty kilometers or forty kilometers or the like, this is from the outskirts of the town and from its annexes; it is not travel. Yes.
The presenter: May Allah reward you.
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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