Combining and Shortening Prayers and Breaking the Fast for a Traveler Going for Study
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Question:
May Allah reward you. He says, if Allah wills, I am going to travel for study. As for combining the prayers and my fasting, Honorable Shaykh, regarding the prayers, do I combine and shorten as I read in the fatwa?
Answer:
My brother, a long stay of more than four days does not allow combining or shortening, because the travel has ended and he has become a resident. This is especially true for one who went for study; study is not for a day and a night, or four days, or three days. Study requires a long period, which may take years. So he does not break his fast; rather, he fasts Ramadan, and he does not shorten or combine, because he has become a resident. This is the opinion of the majority of the scholars, and it is what clears one’s conscience. Yes.
May Allah reward you. He says, if Allah wills, I am going to travel for study. As for combining the prayers and my fasting, Honorable Shaykh, regarding the prayers, do I combine and shorten as I read in the fatwa?
Answer:
My brother, a long stay of more than four days does not allow combining or shortening, because the travel has ended and he has become a resident. This is especially true for one who went for study; study is not for a day and a night, or four days, or three days. Study requires a long period, which may take years. So he does not break his fast; rather, he fasts Ramadan, and he does not shorten or combine, because he has become a resident. This is the opinion of the majority of the scholars, and it is what clears one’s conscience. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، برنامج (فتاوى) (076) لمعالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان بتاريخ [1436-01-19] - كبار العلماء — youtube.com (19:56)
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