Prayer: Do short-term drivers like assigned soldiers pray full or shortened according to travel rules?
Practical Laws of Islam as per the teachings of Imam Khamenei
Prayer: Do short-term drivers like assigned soldiers pray full or shortened according to travel rules?
English:
Question #648:
Does the traveler’s rule apply to persons whose permanent jobs are not driving, but driving has become their duty for a short term, such as soldiers in garrisons etc. who are assigned to drive cars, or is it obligatory for them to perform full prayers and fast?
Answer #648:
If common people consider driving as their job during this temporary period, they have the same rule as that of other drivers.
-Imam Khamenei, Practical Laws of Islam, Importance and Conditions of Prayer