Prayer while travelling
Shortening, combining, the distance that counts, and how long the ease lasts.
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On the road the questions come in a fixed order. Can I shorten, can I combine, from what distance, and for how long? This set follows that order.
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Is it permissible for a traveler to combine prayers sometimes and not combine them at other times?
The permissibility of combining two prayers for a traveler is a Prophetic Sunnah, and the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, did it in Medina so as not…
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Is my presence with my father in the hospital during and after his surgery considered an excuse to miss congregational prayers? And is it permissible for my father to combine prayers? And how should he pray if he is not fully conscious and his mind drifts in and out?
It is permissible to miss congregational prayer to nurse a sick person if no one else is available to nurse them, and this is supported by the action of Ibn…
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What is the ruling on combining two prayers (such as Dhuhr and Asr, or Maghrib and Isha) in a Musalla and not in a Masjid?
It is permissible to combine two prayers for the traveler, the fearful, and the sick. Scholars have differed regarding combining prayers due to rain: - The…
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What is the ruling on combining the Maghrib and Isha prayers at the time of Maghrib due to the short interval between the Isha and Fajr prayers, and can this be supported by the Prophet's combining of two prayers in Medina without an excuse?
The religious texts mandate performing the five daily prayers at their specified times, and it is not permissible to combine two prayers except for an excuse…
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How can one benefit from the dispensation of shortening prayers while traveling if attending congregational prayer is obligatory during travel and the imam of the mosque is a resident, which means completing the prayer and not benefiting from the dispensation?
If a traveler prays behind a resident, he must pray the full prayer, as was narrated from Ibn Abbas, may Allah be pleased with them both, that it is the Sunnah…
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Is it permissible to shorten prayers (qasr) during a 20-day trip for tourism, by analogy with the Companions—may Allah be pleased with them—who traveled for pleasure for six months? And must one make up for the missed days in this case?
The majority of scholars hold that a traveler may avail himself of the concessions of travel as long as he does not intend to stay in the country he traveled…
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What is the ruling on not shortening prayers and performing Sunnah prayers during travel, and does a traveler returning home shorten prayers, and is it sufficient for a traveler to recite the supplication for leaving the home only upon departing his home, or should he say it every time he leaves his lodging during travel?
Shortening prayers during travel is a Sunnah that the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, consistently observed. Some scholars are of the opinion that it…
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Is it permissible to combine the Dhuhr and Asr prayers by performing them earlier (jama' taqdeem) when setting out on a journey? Is it permissible to shorten the four-rak'ah prayers while traveling from Italy to Morocco? And is it permissible to combine the Maghrib and Isha prayers by performing them earlier (jama' taqdeem) in the airport waiting lounge when non-mahram men are present?
One is not permitted to shorten the prayer (qasr) until after embarking on the journey and departing from the city. However, it is permissible to combine…
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What is the evidence for specifying the distance for shortening prayers (qasr) as 83 kilometers, and what is the answer regarding the Prophet's (peace be upon him) shortening of prayers in Arafah, which is 18 kilometers from Mecca?
Some scholars hold the view that shortening prayers in Mecca for pilgrims is not due to travel, but rather due to the rites of Hajj. Others believe that…
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Is the distance for shortening the prayer (qasr) according to the Maliki school 84 km or 48 km?
The distance for shortening prayers (qasr) according to the Maliki school is forty-eight miles, and a mile is three thousand five hundred cubits, which is…
Updated Sep 5, 2026