Is it permissible for a traveler to pray Dhuhr and Asr as four rak'ahs when combining them, and what is the time interval between the two prayers when shortening them? Is it permissible for a traveler to pray Dhuhr as four rak'ahs behind a resident imam and then shorten Asr afterwards?
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The is to shorten Dhuhr and Asr, and it is permissible to pray them in full. It is also permissible for you to pray Dhuhr behind a resident Imam, and then combine Asr, shortened, after it. However, if you pray behind a resident, you must pray in full.
Many scholars believe that immediate succession (muwalat) between the two prayers is a condition for the validity of combining them, meaning that Asr should be prayed immediately after Dhuhr, unless there is a conventionally brief interval. However, some scholars do not stipulate immediate succession between the two prayers when combining them.
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