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Traveler's prayer
part 3

The third condition is that the traveler should not change his mind while on his way. If

1309. If after covering a distance which would add up to make 8 Farsakh on return, the traveler abandons the journey, and if he decides to remain at that place, or to return after 10 days, or is undecided about returning or staying there, he should offer full prayers.

1310. If a person abandons the journey after reaching a distance of 4 Farsakh and decides to return, he should offer shortened prayers.

1311. If a person commences his journey to go to a place ad after covering a part of the journey, decides to go elsewhere and the distance between the place from where he started his journey, up to the new place, is 8 Farsakh, he should shorten his prayers.

1312. If a person, before reaching 8 Farsakh, becomes undecided about proceeding further, and if he stops his journey, and later decides to proceed to complete the intended journey, he should offer shortened prayers till the end of his journey.

1313. If a person, before covering 8 Farsakh, becomes undecided about proceeding further, and in the same state of indecision continues travelling, till he decides to go further for 8 Farsakh or to go and return 4 Farsakh each, he should pray shortened prayers till the end.

1314. If, before covering a distance of 8 Farsakh, a traveler becomes undecided whether he should complete the journey or not, and in the state of indecision continues traveling and later he/she decides to continue the journey, if the remaining part is 8 Farsakh or it is 4 Farsakh, but he/she intends to go and return, he/she must pray shortened; but if the distance he/she covers before and after indecision is totally 8 Farsakh, as an obligatory precaution, he/she must pray both shortened and full prayers.