How do I pray when traveling?
The Prophet ﷺ shortened four-rakʿah prayers to two on the road, and sometimes combined them. The classical jurists laid out when the traveler discount starts, when it ends, and how far the journey must be.
7 passages from 3 books in the library
The classical approach.
These passages are drawn from 3 books by Ibn Battuta and Imam al-Ghazali — part of the classical Sunni tradition that carries over a thousand years of reflection on the Qurʾān, the authentic Sunnah, and the consensus of the early community. Nothing below is a paraphrase. The words are the scholars' own, translated from the original Arabic manuscripts.
14th century · Tangier, Morocco
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"Then I traveled to the fort of al-Qusayr, diminutively named from Qasr, Palace, a well-built"
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"Abu al-Abbas ibn Khluf, and from Qasr al-Kabir, the Jurist Abu Muhammad ibn Muslim and Abu"
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"ibn Hakama. From Qasr al-Majaz, the Jurist Abu Zayd Abd al-Rahman, the son of the Judge"
11th–12th century · Ṭūs, Khurāsān
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"power and strength. Hamdun al-Qasr explained reliance with an analogy. If you have wealth"
14th century · Tangier, Morocco
The Riḥlah — a 30-year, 75,000-mile journey across three continents, and the most important travel account of the pre-modern world.
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"H, and Qasr on the L. It is a city of great renown, vast in size, combining beauty and"
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"called Siri, with Qasr on the neglected S and a Y of length between the R, also known"
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"of the land of India, its name pronounced with Qasr on the neglected D, Sukun on the"
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