His work is 40 miles away; should he shorten his prayers?
Question: 10993
I travel aproximately 40 miles to work by car everyday between Monday and Friday, leaving the vicinity of my city. I return home each day in the evening. May I shorthen my prayers at work even if I am travelling everyday?
Praise be to Allah, and peace and blessings be upon the Messenger of Allah and his family.
If a person
travels 100 km from his town, or thereabouts, he may follow the rulings
of travel by shortening his prayers, not fasting, combining his prayers
and wiping over his socks [in wudoo’] for three days, because this distance
is considered to be traveling. The same applies if he travels 80 km
or thereabouts; that is considered to be the distance which dictates
that prayers may be shortened according to the majority of scholars.
Source:
Fataawa Islamiyyah, 1/400
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