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Topic: Travel Prayer
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 Zeenat
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Umm Amatullaah Zeenat bint Ahmed
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Joined: Apr 2007
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Bismillaahir Rahmaanir Raheem
Assalaamu alaykum wa rahmatullaahi wabarakaatuh
I have a question regarding travel prayer; is one to shorten the prayers for only four days or do you continue to shorten the prayer up until the end of your journey.
Also, when can one begin the travel prayer, right at the beginning of the journey, i.e. at the airport?
Any help regarding this issue would be much appreciated
BarakaAllaahu feekum
wassalaamu alaykum wa rahmatullaah
The Prophet ýýý ýýýý ýýýý ýýýý said, ýVerily rifq (gentleness) does not exist in something, except that it beautifies it. And it is not taken out of something, except that it harms it.ý
[Related by Muslim (no. 2592)
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Abu Nasser Youness Al Maghribi
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The traveller who intends to stay in a place for more than four days cannot shorten his prayers. If he is going to stay for less than that, he may shorten his prayers.
Shaykh Ibn Baaz (may Allaah have mercy on him) was asked: What is your opinion about shortening the prayers when travelling a distance that makes shortening the prayers allowable ý is that defined by a certain distance? What do you think about one who intends to stay someone for more than four days during his journey ý is he allowed the concession of shortening his prayers?
He replied:
The majority of scholars are of the view that it is defined by the distance of a day and a nightýs travel by camel or on foot at a regular pace, which is approximately 80 kilometers, because this distance is customarily regarded as travelling, unlike shorter distances.
The majority also narrated that whoever resolves to stay for more than four days has to offer the prayers in full, and fast if it is Ramadaan. If the period of stay is less than that, he may shorten and join his prayers, and break his fast, because the basic principle is that one who is settled (not travelling) has to offer the prayers in full, and shortening them is only allowed when he starts travelling.
Fataawa Ibn Baaz, 12/270.
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25-02-2009 @ 2:27 AM
