What is the distance for which the dispensations of travel are permitted?
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The questioner:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, I live in a village, and the nearest city to my village is about ten kilometers away. So, if I leave my village and reach this city, am I entitled to shorten the prayer and break my fast?
The Shaykh:
What is the distance between?
The questioner:
Ten kilometers.
The Shaykh:
No, my brother, it is from eighty kilometers or more. As for ten kilometers, no. It is like the outskirts of the town, close by. Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, I live in a village, and the nearest city to my village is about ten kilometers away. So, if I leave my village and reach this city, am I entitled to shorten the prayer and break my fast?
The Shaykh:
What is the distance between?
The questioner:
Ten kilometers.
The Shaykh:
No, my brother, it is from eighty kilometers or more. As for ten kilometers, no. It is like the outskirts of the town, close by. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [2754 -2802] ما هي المسافة التي يترخص فيها برخص السفر؟ — youtube.com
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