Prayer: If travel turns sinful midway, are shortened prayers valid and still required?
Practical Laws of Islam as per the teachings of Imam Khamenei
Prayer: If travel turns sinful midway, are shortened prayers valid and still required?
English:
Question #678:
If someone travels without the intent to commit a sinful act, but on the way he pursues his journey for a sinful purpose, is it obligatory for him to shorten the prayers? Are the shortened prayers he performed on the way correct?
Answer #678:
It was obligatory for him to perform prayer in full from the time he intended to continue his travel for committing a sinful act. If he changed his intention before reaching shar‘ī distance, he must repeat in full the prayers he performed shortened before/after continuing the journey for a sinful purpose. However, if he changed his intention after reaching shar‘ī distance, he must repeat in full only the prayers he performed shortened after continuing the journey for a sinful purpose.
-Imam Khamenei, Practical Laws of Islam, Importance and Conditions of Prayer