The ruling on shortening the prayer for a resident student
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Question:
Another questioner says that he is studying abroad, and he has been there for more than two years, with two years remaining. However, I am taking the dispensation of travel regarding combining and shortening prayers based on a fatwa I read. What is your opinion, O Shaykh, on this?
Answer:
This fatwa is wrong; this fatwa is wrong. You are a resident. If you reside with the intention of staying for more than four days, you are required to complete the prayer, and it is not permissible for you to combine or shorten it, because you are a resident. A student is undoubtedly residing for a year or more for the sake of study. How can he shorten and combine? How can he break his fast in Ramadan? This fatwa is wrong; not every fatwa is correct. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you,
Another questioner says that he is studying abroad, and he has been there for more than two years, with two years remaining. However, I am taking the dispensation of travel regarding combining and shortening prayers based on a fatwa I read. What is your opinion, O Shaykh, on this?
Answer:
This fatwa is wrong; this fatwa is wrong. You are a resident. If you reside with the intention of staying for more than four days, you are required to complete the prayer, and it is not permissible for you to combine or shorten it, because you are a resident. A student is undoubtedly residing for a year or more for the sake of study. How can he shorten and combine? How can he break his fast in Ramadan? This fatwa is wrong; not every fatwa is correct. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you,
Source
نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 02/290 — archive.org (6:23)
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