What is the ruling on a traveler's prayer in the following cases: 1- Traveling a distance of 50 km and returning after four hours, with shortening and combining Dhuhr and Asr, and leaving the Asr prayer until returning to the city? 2- Traveling a distance of 250 km, is it better to pray shortened at home or to pray it completely in congregation at the mosque, and is it permissible to combine the second prayer (time) with shortening? 3- Is there a relationship between shortening and combining, and what are the conditions for combining prayers? 4- Is there a specific distance for shortening, and what is the evidence for it?

The jurists differed regarding the travel distance that permits the shortening of prayers (qasr). The fatwa adopted is that it is estimated at 4 "burd" (approximately 83 kilometers), which is the view of the majority of scholars. It is obligatory to make up the Dhuhr and Asr prayers if they were shortened for a distance of 50 kilometers, except for those who followed a scholar who permitted it for this distance. As for shortening prayers for a distance of 250 kilometers, it is permissible, as is combining prayers during travel. It is preferable for a traveler to perform congregational prayers in the mosque. Combining prayers is legislated where shortening prayers is legislated, and combining prayers may be permissible in non-traveling situations due to an excuse.