Q489 :Is it obligatory to shorten ones prayers
during travel?
A489 : A traveller is strongly renetmended to
shorten his Dhur, Asr and Isha prayers to two raka’ahs each, because
this is in line with what the Prophet has taught us. We do it not
because prayers benete a burden during travel; they do not. We do it
praising Allah for the concession as an exercise of strength, not
weakness. This is the proper attitude.
Our Dialogue ( Source : Arab News – Jeddah )