Travel

• Which is better: to perform the 'Asr prayer in the car with my father before the optional time expires, or at home during the time of necessity, knowing that returning by public transportation would be difficult?
• Is it permissible for my parents to shorten and combine prayers on a journey exceeding 200 kilometers, given that they are staying in tents and do not know their return date, despite coming down to the city weekly or every two weeks?
• Is it permissible for employees who travel daily 150 km to combine and shorten prayers, given that some of them have private accommodation which they only use out of necessity?
• What is the ruling on someone who prayed Asr while traveling and then discovered that the time for Asr had not yet begun? Is he obligated to repeat the prayer?
• Is it permissible to combine and shorten prayers for someone who works in one city and lives in his car because he cannot afford rent, while his family lives in another city 950 kilometers away?
• Is it sunnah to adhere to the supplication "O Allah, guide me among those whom You have guided..." in the Qunūt of the Fajr prayer, and is it permissible to supplicate for the destruction of the enemies of Islam and the salvation of the oppressed instead of it, or by combining the two?
• Is it forbidden to combine different opinions (talfiq) in following what is true and supported by stronger evidence, rather than whims? And are my previous prayers valid regarding the issue of nullifiers of ablution, knowing that I only recently became aware of Ibn Hazm's opinion?
• What is the ruling on canceling travel after performing the Prayers of الجمع (combining) and القصر (shortening), and not traveling the distance of Qasr?
• Is the one sitting in a wheelchair during prayer considered to be in the same position as one who is sitting, or one who is standing, and is it regarded like a riding animal such that it is permissible for him to pray supererogatory prayers while moving upon it?
• Is it permissible for a traveler to combine and shorten prayers for five days, and is it obligatory to re-perform the prayers that were combined and shortened on the day of arrival?
• Is it permissible to offer the 'Isha prayer immediately after Maghrib for a 12.5-year-old son due to his early waking for Fajr prayer and his late study schedule that conflicts with the 'Isha prayer time?
• Is it permissible for a student whose university is 200 km away and who attends classes two days a week, staying overnight in student housing for one night, to combine and shorten prayers?
• What are the rulings on shortening prayers (Salat al-Qasr) for a traveler who moves between two cities, and does the shortening apply to him in the country where he temporarily resides for two to three months, with repeated returns to his original city?
• Is it permissible for a resident of Ta'if who works in Rabigh (320 km away) to break his fast while traveling, shorten prayers, and combine them during his weekly vacation days (less than 4 days) spent with his family?
• What is the ruling on performing the 'Isha and Tarawih prayers in the mosque approximately half an hour before the entry of the 'Isha prayer time, due to time constraints?
• Is it permissible to delay Maghrib prayer until after the time for Isha prayer begins, due to one of the colleagues wanting to rush to pick up her son from daycare, knowing that the prayer time does not exceed ten minutes and the distance is 50 kilometers?
• What is the opening supplication (Du'a al-Istiftah) for the night vigil (Qiyam al-Layl) and Tahajjud prayer after the تكبير (Takbir), and is it recited in every two rak'ahs or only in the first two rak'ahs, and are they considered one opening supplication if they are one?
• What is the ruling on delaying the Maghrib prayer until after its prescribed time due to a long commute, and is there a concession for combining or shortening prayers in this situation?
• What is the ruling on the continuity between two prayers when combining them, if the time interval between them is considered long?