Prayer: If an Islamic studies student plans to preach in future, can he pray full while traveling now — or does travel purpose affect the ruling?
Practical Laws of Islam as per the teachings of Imam Khamenei
Prayer: If an Islamic studies student plans to preach in future, can he pray full while traveling now — or does travel purpose affect the ruling?
English:
Question #652:
If a student of Islamic studies intends to do propagation of Islam as his job, may he perform his prayers in full and fast while traveling? If someone travels for a purpose other than propagating Islam and guidance or enjoining the good and forbidding evil, what will be the rule concerning his prayers and fasting?
Answer #652:
As far as prayer and fast during a travel for studying are concerned, the rule is based on caution1, whether their trip is weekly or daily. As for a person who travels for job, whether official or private, if he travels to and fro between his watan/residence and his workplace at least once every ten days, he should perform his prayers in full and his fasting is also valid. However, if he stays for ten days in his watan or in another place, between two trips to work, during the first work trip after the ten days he should shorten the prayers and his fast is not valid. However, if, before this work trip, he goes for a private trip, he should offer shortened prayers during this private trip. As far as the work trip after the latter trip is concerned, he should not neglect the caution by offering both full and shortened prayers.
-Imam Khamenei, Practical Laws of Islam, Importance and Conditions of Prayer