Salat - The Muslim Prayer Book — Page 88
88 S al a t —The Muslim Prayer Book such as Makkah, Medina, Qadian or Rabwah, etc. , he can shorten his Prayer as outlined above but it would be preferable for him to offer the full four Rak‘ a t as applicable. While one is on a journey, the Sunnat part of every Prayer is dropped, with the exception of the Vitr Rak‘ a t in the ‘Ish a’ Prayer and the two Rak‘ a t Sunnat of the Fajr Prayer. To offer Naw a fil during a journey, i. e. optional Prayers, are entirely up to each individual. Moreover, it is also permissible to combine two Prayer services during a journey. Z uhr Prayer can be joined with the ‘A s r Prayer and can both be offered either at the Z uhr Prayer time or at ‘A s r Prayer time. Similarly the ‘Ish a ’ Prayer can be joined with the Maghrib Prayer and can be offered either at Maghrib Prayer time or ‘Ish a ’ Prayer time. If travellers are offering their congregational Prayer behind an Im a m who is a local inhabitant, they have to follow the Im a m and offer four Rak‘ a t for Z uhr , ‘A s r and ‘Ish a ’ Prayers. The rule of concession would not apply in that case. But if the person leading the Prayer, i. e. the Im a m , is a traveller, then he will shorten his Prayer accordingly and the travellers in the congregation will also finish their Prayer with the Im a m , while those who are not on a journey will stand up when the Im a m has recited the salutations to mark the end of Prayer and complete their Prayer.