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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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The Difference Between the Resident and the Settler

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Question:
Finally, Honorable Shaykh, he asks and says: Why do we find in the books of the jurists that they sometimes say "resident" (muqim) and sometimes say "settled" (mustawtin)? Is there a difference between the two, the settled one or

Answer:
the one who stays in a place and makes it his permanent home, whereas the resident may be a traveler who stays temporarily during his journey. Yes.
Source نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 03/153 — archive.org (17:07)

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