Shortening the Prayer When Visiting One's Father After Moving to Another City
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Question:
The questioner says: I moved from the city where my father lives to another city more than three hundred kilometers away, due to my job. When I return to visit my father for a period of less than three days, is the criterion the city where he lives or my father's location?
Answer:
The criterion is the residence. If you moved to another country and settled there for any purpose, then that is your home. If you come to your original place, your original country, you are a traveler because you are not settled there and you have moved from it. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) moved from Makkah to al-Madinah, and yet when he came to Makkah in the Year of the Conquest, he shortened the prayer, and in the Farewell Pilgrimage he shortened the prayer; because he had moved from Makkah and settled in al-Madinah (peace and blessings be upon him). Yes.
The questioner says: I moved from the city where my father lives to another city more than three hundred kilometers away, due to my job. When I return to visit my father for a period of less than three days, is the criterion the city where he lives or my father's location?
Answer:
The criterion is the residence. If you moved to another country and settled there for any purpose, then that is your home. If you come to your original place, your original country, you are a traveler because you are not settled there and you have moved from it. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) moved from Makkah to al-Madinah, and yet when he came to Makkah in the Year of the Conquest, he shortened the prayer, and in the Farewell Pilgrimage he shortened the prayer; because he had moved from Makkah and settled in al-Madinah (peace and blessings be upon him). Yes.
Source
مجالس رمضان 1430هـ - 04 — alfawzan.live (36:19)
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