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Question
How should Muslim soldiers pray when they are on the front line, guarding against the enemy, such as the Muslim troops in Pakistan who are guarding against the kaafir Hindu troops in Kashmir?
Answer
Praise be to Allah.
If the soldiers mentioned are in the place where they
live, and are not traveling, then they have to pray Jumu’ah and pray
the four-rak’ah prayers in full. But if they are traveling to the frontier
then they do not have to pray Jumu’ah and they can shorten and combine
prayers, because they do not know how long they will be there or when
their tour of duty will end. May Allaah help us all to do that which
He loves and which please Him.
Source: IslamQA (Sheikh Muhammed Salih Al-Munajjid)