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The Distance in Which Shortening the Prayer is Permissible
An employee from the city of Jerash goes to Amman daily from six thirty in the morning until four thirty in the afternoon, and the distance is fifty-two kilometers each way, with a work schedule of five consecutive days a week. Can he combine the noon and afternoon prayers (Dhuhr and Asr) and shorten them?
Answer
I say, and with God's success: This distance is not considered a legal travel distance for which one can take concessions; therefore, one does not shorten the prayer nor combine them, and God knows best.
