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Laila nasheeba
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As Salaamu Alaikoum,
Praise be to Allah.
In regards to praying, there is no excuse to not pray and yes you pray even when traveling. When traveling Allah allows us to combine and shorten our prayers to make them easy upon us.
Allah says in the Qur'an: "And when you go forth in the land there is no sin upon you, if you shorten your prayer when you fear the disbelievers may attack you." This concession is not limited to situations of danger.
Ibn al-Qayyim says: "The Prophet would pray only two rak'at for those prayers which consisted of four, whenever he traveled until he returned to Medinah. And it is not confirmed that he ever prayed four rak'at [while traveling], and none of the imams differ on this point, although they do differ about the ruling of shortening the salah."
A traveler may shorten his salah as long as he is on a journey. Likewise if he stays in some place for business or some other affair, then he may shorten his salah as long as he is there, even for years.
Kuraib reported that Ibn 'Abbas said: "Shall I not inform you of the salah of the Prophet sallallahu alehi wasallam during a journey?" We said: "Certainly." He said: "If the sun passed its meridian while he stopped, he would combine the zuhr and 'asr prayers before remounting [i.e., moving on]. If the sun had not passed its meridian while he had stopped [i.e., before breaking camp], he would travel until the time of the 'asr prayer and then he would combine the zuhr and 'asr prayers. If the sun set while he had stopped, he would combine the magrib and 'isha prayers. If that did not occur while he had stopped, he would ride until the 'isha time and then combine them." [This is related by Ahmad. ]
In regards to looking at a girl you must learn to lower your gaze and if sitting next to her bothers you then you should move away from men and women should not sit next to one another anyways.
The Prophet(saw) said the first look is on you and the second is from the shaytaan [Bukhari and Muslim]
You are not held accountable for what you did or did not do before the age of puberty and one can not make up for deliberately not praying or fasting.
In regards to what are major sins,, they are many. However a believing Muslim never questions whether a sin is major or minor for both are acts of disobeidiance to Allah and we should never deliberately disobey Allah. You must avoid committing ALL sins knowingly no matter how big or small they may seem.
AND ALLAH KNOWS BEST
Laila Nasheeba
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