Travel
716 questions
How do Muslims working on ships that sail for varying distances pray and fast, taking into account the scarcity of water allocated for ablution and the limited times it is available, whether the ships are far from land or close to it (less than 80 km)?
Is it permissible for me, as a teacher whose village is 200 km away from Mecca, to pray Dhuhr and Asr shortened and combined upon arriving at my home in Mecca, knowing that the time for Dhuhr prayer begins while we are on the way, and my arrival home is after Asr?
Is it permissible for me to combine prayers in my hometown of Al-Rustaq, knowing that I have been residing in Muscat for a long time due to work circumstances and only rarely return there?
Is it permissible to combine prayers (Asr, Maghrib, and Isha) due to studying and the long distance, especially with the presence of discharges and gases that necessitate ablution for each prayer, and the difficulty of performing ablution at the institution?
What is the ruling on performing the Qiyam prayer after combining the Isha prayer with the Maghrib prayer at the time of Maghrib for a traveler, and before the time for the Isha prayer begins?
What is better for a traveler who has exceeded the distance for shortening prayers and has combined and shortened prayers, if he knows that he will catch the time of the other prayer being combined? And does a traveler shorten prayers if he stays for eight days at a station or with a friend before completing his journey?
Is it permissible for drivers of goods or passenger transport vehicles, who travel daily, to shorten their prayers according to the Maliki school of thought?
What is the ruling on combining making up the regular Dhuhr Sunnah prayer with performing Qiyam al-Layl (night prayer)?
When does a traveler begin to shorten prayers (qasr), is it after passing the last buildings or after covering a distance of 80 kilometers? And what should one do if the buildings are contiguous between their area and the neighboring area? And if one enters the mosque to pray Dhuhr shortened and finds the congregation praying four rak'ahs, and their time is limited, what should they do? And is attending the mosque and congregational prayer obligatory even if one's time is not limited?
Is it permissible to combine and shorten prayers in Paris for 15 days, even if one travels to places more than 80 km away from the place of residence in the same city? And what is the ruling on combining and shortening prayers before traveling by plane to avoid missing prayers?
What is the ruling on greeting by gesturing without uttering the salutation, especially while driving a car?
Is it permissible to shorten and combine the 'Isha and Maghrib prayers before traveling a distance of over 300 km, knowing that most of the road is desert and the car does not stop?
Is a person considered a resident or a traveler when returning to his brothers' house in Bisha after spending several days moving between neighboring villages to complete a week-long task?
Is it permissible to pray on a train and to combine and shorten prayers for a traveler?
Is it permissible for a traveler to shorten and combine prayers in the country he traveled to, where he owns a house?
What is the ruling on combining and shortening prayers for someone who travels between governorates for work, with varying distances, and sometimes goes on camping trips?
Is it obligatory to delay the Maghrib prayer by combining it with 'Isha' (Jama' Takheer) due to frequent flatulence when time is short, or should one pray Maghrib despite repeated invalidation of ablution?
Is purchasing a car, traveling, or undertaking personal matters without the consent of an angry father—knowing that there has been no shortcoming in obeying and pleasing him—considered an act of disobedience to parents (ʿuqūq)?
Is it permissible for employees who commute daily from Jeddah or Makkah to the Shu'aiba area, which is about 100 km away, to shorten and combine their Dhuhr and Asr prayers for a period exceeding 25 years, and what is the ruling if they do not do so?
Do the travel concessions (such as breaking the fast and shortening prayers) apply to a bus driver who covers long distances daily?
What is the ruling on a traveler combining the Maghrib and 'Isha prayers by delaying Maghrib until the time of 'Isha (jama' ta'kheer), if he intended to do so, then arrived in his country after the 'Isha prayer time had begun, but he does not know whether the 'Isha time began before or after his arrival?
Is it permissible to combine prayers (Dhuhr and Asr) either by advancing or delaying them, or to pray sitting in a Western country for study purposes, when it is difficult to perform the prayer at its proper time and place, based on the fact that the Prophet (peace be upon him) "prayed Dhuhr and Asr together, and Maghrib and Isha together, not out of fear, nor travel, nor rain"?
Is it permissible for a traveler who is visiting relatives and spending his time playing to shorten and combine prayers, knowing that the visit might only be to see the relatives if playing is not possible?
Is it permissible for a traveler to break their fast when traveling a distance of 80 kilometers or slightly more within the same country by modern means of transportation such as a car?