{"_id":"6a91d19365a8da1debfe38fa","title":"{\"ops\":[{\"insert\":\"When joining prayers while traveling, must each prayer be completed before its time ends?\\n\"}]}","question":"{\"ops\":[{\"insert\":\"I have questions related to praying while traveling. \\n\\n When shortening and joining Dhuhr and Asr while traveling, what happens if Maghrib begins before I can finish both prayers? If I complete the two rakʿahs of Dhuhr before Maghrib but do not complete at least one rakʿah of Asr before Maghrib begins, are both prayers considered to have been caught in time because they were joined, or is only Dhuhr considered to have been prayed in time?\"},{\"attributes\":{\"list\":\"ordered\"},\"insert\":\"\\n\"},{\"insert\":\"Similarly, if I begin Asr after completing the shortened Dhuhr but do not complete one rakʿah of Asr before Maghrib begins, is Asr considered a missed prayer?\"},{\"attributes\":{\"list\":\"ordered\"},\"insert\":\"\\n\"}]}","answer":"{\"ops\":[{\"insert\":\"1) No, you caught dhuhr in time, but not asr. As a side note, you may not have missed asr if you took into account the uncertainty range of ±1°, which depending on your location may give you an extra 5 minutes or so. During that uncertainty range, the time of asr remains in effect due to the uncertainty surrounding Maghrib. (See \"},{\"attributes\":{\"link\":\"https://www.muwaqqit.com/index\"},\"insert\":\"muwaqqit.com\"},{\"insert\":\")\\n\\n2) This question is not entirely clear to me. However, if you meant to say that you prayed dhuhr shortened, and then began asr but could not complete one rakah before maghrib came in, did you miss asr? Yes, you did.\\n\"}]}","tags":[{"_id":"668d9fea0b76658b4c2328ed","tag":"Salah: Missed & Make-Up","count":101},{"_id":"668d9fea0b76658b4c2328e8","tag":"Salah: Traveling","count":69}],"createdOn":"2026-08-28T18:21:07.686Z"}