Section : The prayer of a traveller, shortening the prayers that consist of four rak’at. Allah says in the Qur’an: “And when you go forth in the land there is no sin upon you, if you shorten your prayer when…
Section : The distance one must travel before shortening one’s prayer. The conclusion from the Qur’anic verse is that any travelling, be it long or short, which falls within the linguistic definition of the word “travel” would suffice to shorten…
Section : Whence one may shorten one’s salah. The majority of the scholars are of the opinion that it is permissible to shorten one’s salah when one leaves one’s residence and is outside of one’s city, and that is a…
Section : When the traveller is to pray the complete salah. A traveller may shorten his salah as long as he is on a journey. Likewise if he stays in some place for business or some other affair, then he…
Section : Nawafli during travel. The majority of the scholars are of the opinion that it is not disliked to perform nawafil during the state in which one is shortening his salah. On this point, there is no difference between…
Section : Traveling on a Friday. There is no harm in travelling on a Friday if it is not during the time of the salah. ‘Umar heard a man say: “If today was not Friday, I would have left.” ‘Umar…