What is the difference between one who defines travel by time and one who defines it by distance?
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, what is the difference between the statement of Shaykh al-Islam and the statement of the majority regarding the issue of defining travel by time or by distance?
Answer:
It is clear, my brother; the difference is clear. If we define it by time, it means there is no time now, for it is only hours and you have arrived from America. But if we define it by distance, that is clear, meaning whether you covered the distance quickly or slowly, it is all the same; you may break your fast. Their position. The majority’s position is actually more precise. Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, what is the difference between the statement of Shaykh al-Islam and the statement of the majority regarding the issue of defining travel by time or by distance?
Answer:
It is clear, my brother; the difference is clear. If we define it by time, it means there is no time now, for it is only hours and you have arrived from America. But if we define it by distance, that is clear, meaning whether you covered the distance quickly or slowly, it is all the same; you may break your fast. Their position. The majority’s position is actually more precise. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [3436/812] ما الفرق بين من يحدد السفر بالزمن ومن يحدده بالمسافة؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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