The distance of travel that permits breaking the fast and shortening the prayer
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The questioner:
I have come across something. There are many lands with long distances, but they are small towns, or perhaps just a little more. Is that considered the distance of travel? Does the ruling of travel apply to it, given the hardship?
The Shaykh:
When a person leaves the inhabited area of the town, when he goes out of the built-up area intending a distance of eighty kilometers, this is travel, whether he is heading to a desert, a village, or any other place. If he goes out of the built-up area intending a distance of eighty kilometers, this is travel. In it, the prayer is shortened, and there is a dispensation to break the fast in Ramadan. Yes. However, if it is less than eighty kilometers, this does not permit shortening the prayer or breaking the fast, because it is not travel.
I have come across something. There are many lands with long distances, but they are small towns, or perhaps just a little more. Is that considered the distance of travel? Does the ruling of travel apply to it, given the hardship?
The Shaykh:
When a person leaves the inhabited area of the town, when he goes out of the built-up area intending a distance of eighty kilometers, this is travel, whether he is heading to a desert, a village, or any other place. If he goes out of the built-up area intending a distance of eighty kilometers, this is travel. In it, the prayer is shortened, and there is a dispensation to break the fast in Ramadan. Yes. However, if it is less than eighty kilometers, this does not permit shortening the prayer or breaking the fast, because it is not travel.
Source
شرح بلوغ المرام من أدلة الأحكام [ صالح الفوزان ]، تابع كتاب الصيام - 1 — islamhouse.com (57:23)
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