
What are the exact conditions to combine and shorten your prayers when traveling?
Q: What are the exact conditions to combine and shorten your prayers when traveling? (Distance, days until you’re not a traveler anymore, etc.) A: It is recommended to shorten a four-rakʿah prayer for anyone who intends permissible travel (including tourism and sightseeing) to a specific destination which reaches 16 farsakhs (i.e. two days underway by land or sea equivalent to 85 US miles), if they surpass the homes of their village or tents of their people.Though shortening