the determination based on the stated distance. This is the position adopted by the majority of scholars, and it should therefore be observed.” (1)

Seventh: A traveller may shorten the prayer only after he has left behind every house of his village or town, provided that his journey is of the kind for which the prayer may be shortened. Ibn al-Mundhir (may Allah have mercy on him) said, “They are unanimously agreed that a person who intends to travel may shorten the prayer once he has passed beyond all the houses of the settlement from which he set out.” (2) This is likewise the view of the majority of scholars: one who aims to undertake a journey that qualifies for shortening the prayer does not actually shorten it until he has cleared the last dwellings. (3) Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) said, “I performed the Ẓuhr prayer with the Prophet ﷺ