These people do so due to some misconception which they believe to be true, such as:

1 - Believing that shortening Salaw?t should only take place when one is under a state of fear.

2 - Some believe that shortening or combining between Salaw?t should only be done in journeys which are initiated for a good Shar‘ purpose such as: the journey for Hajj. This is totally untrue and baseless. Indeed, evidences proof the opposite.

Ash-Shanq?t? said: ‘The ‘Ulamah agreed on the legality of shortening the four Rak‘ah Salaw?t [into two] on journeys. Very few disagreed and held that shortening Salaw?t is done only when one is under a state of fear, others held that it is only done on the journey initiated for a good purpose. These two views are not taken into consideration by any of the ‘Ilm scholars’. (1)

3 - Some believe that going on journeys or traveling happens now through using the quick means of transportation such as: planes, cars, trains, ... etc. by using which one does not suffer hardship unlike using the old means of transportation.

4 - Others believe that if one is always traveling due to the nature of his work, he may not shorten Sal?t.

Regarding this point, Sayyid S?biq said: ‘All kinds of journeys are the same; traveling using planes, trains or any other means [of transportation], traveling for a good purpose or not, the oft-frequent travels such as those initiated by: sailors or the like; one is