The duration for shortening the prayer for the traveler
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Question:
The questioner says, “O Noble Shaykh: What is the evidence for the number of days for shortening being five days, knowing that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) used to shorten in every journey, whether it was five days or more, as I have read? And is shortening a recommended practice or obligatory?”
Answer:
The majority said: The original ruling for the resident is to complete the prayer; this is the original ruling. So when the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) stayed for four days during the Farewell Pilgrimage, and he went to Mina on the eighth day, they said: These four days were intended for, and he shortened, so we shorten. And what exceeds them, if we are residents, we complete. And others from the scholars said: He has the option to shorten; shortening is prescribed for him even if the days increase, as long as he is in the state of travel and with the intention of travel. So if he stays for ten days or less or more, and he is a traveler, he shortens; because he is still a traveler.
And Ibn Abbas and a group said: The duration is limited to nineteen days; because the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) stayed in Mecca for nineteen days on the day of the Conquest, and what exceeds that, the traveler completes. And some of them said: Ten days; because the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) stayed for ten days during the Farewell Pilgrimage, for he arrived on the fourth day and traveled to Medina on the fourteenth day, making it ten days, as Anas and others said. So whoever stays for ten days and intends to do so, he shortens, and whoever exceeds that, he completes.
The most cautious for the believer is the saying of the majority: if it is four days or twenty-one prayers, this is what he shortens. So if he intends more than twenty-one prayers, meaning: he resolves to stay, the most cautious for him is to complete; because the original ruling for the resident is to complete. This is from the category of precaution. Yes. The saying of the majority is from the category of precaution. Yes.
The presenter: May Allah reward you and reward you with good.
The questioner says, “O Noble Shaykh: What is the evidence for the number of days for shortening being five days, knowing that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) used to shorten in every journey, whether it was five days or more, as I have read? And is shortening a recommended practice or obligatory?”
Answer:
The majority said: The original ruling for the resident is to complete the prayer; this is the original ruling. So when the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) stayed for four days during the Farewell Pilgrimage, and he went to Mina on the eighth day, they said: These four days were intended for, and he shortened, so we shorten. And what exceeds them, if we are residents, we complete. And others from the scholars said: He has the option to shorten; shortening is prescribed for him even if the days increase, as long as he is in the state of travel and with the intention of travel. So if he stays for ten days or less or more, and he is a traveler, he shortens; because he is still a traveler.
And Ibn Abbas and a group said: The duration is limited to nineteen days; because the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) stayed in Mecca for nineteen days on the day of the Conquest, and what exceeds that, the traveler completes. And some of them said: Ten days; because the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) stayed for ten days during the Farewell Pilgrimage, for he arrived on the fourth day and traveled to Medina on the fourteenth day, making it ten days, as Anas and others said. So whoever stays for ten days and intends to do so, he shortens, and whoever exceeds that, he completes.
The most cautious for the believer is the saying of the majority: if it is four days or twenty-one prayers, this is what he shortens. So if he intends more than twenty-one prayers, meaning: he resolves to stay, the most cautious for him is to complete; because the original ruling for the resident is to complete. This is from the category of precaution. Yes. The saying of the majority is from the category of precaution. Yes.
The presenter: May Allah reward you and reward you with good.
Source
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