Is it permissible for a traveler to shorten (qasr) and combine (jam‘) prayers if they do not face hardship, knowing that the distance exceeds 120 km but the travel time does not exceed three hours? Is it permissible to shorten some prayers and pray others in full? Is praying in congregation with colleagues in university housing sufficient instead of praying in the mosque? Can travelers pray by combining prayers early (jam‘ taqdim) or delaying them (jam‘ ta’khir)? Is it permissible to agree upon a daily time to combine prayers throughout the period of stay?

Do not underestimate the importance of the message of peace. The distance for shortening prayers (qasr) is not expressed by a period of time or the absence of hardship. Shortening prayers is a Sunnah, and it is best to perform it. Even if you do not shorten the prayer, it is valid, but you have gone against what is preferred. There is no harm in shortening some prayers and performing others in full, as long as you are on a journey where shortening is permissible. The permissibility of the traveler's concessions ends upon your arrival and your stay for a period exceeding the duration of the concession. The view of the majority is that congregational prayer is not obligatory to be performed in the mosque; rather, its obligation is lifted by performing it anywhere. However, you miss out on the virtue of witnessing prayers in mosques. The default is to pray on time, and it is permissible to specify a time for establishing the prayer due to need.