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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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The ruling on shortening and combining prayers for one who moves to the city and travels to his village

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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, a man moved to reside in the city, but he sometimes travels to his village and stays there for a few days. Does he have the right to shorten and combine prayers, or is he considered a resident of both the village and the city at the same time?

Answer:
If he resides in the city at one time and in his village at another, he does not shorten prayers in his home country, because he resides there.
As for if his residence is in the city, and he left his homeland permanently, but he travels for a visit or a need, then returns, there is no harm; he shortens because he moved from that country.
As for if he did not move completely, but resides here at one time and there at another, then if he comes to the city he does not shorten, and if he goes to his home country he does not shorten, but he shortens on the road between them. Yes. And Allah the Exalted knows best, and may Allah send blessings and peace upon our Prophet Muhammad and upon his family and his Companions.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 21من43 من قوله نقلا عن الامام أبي عمر المكي/شرح الفتوى الحموية/عقيدة/صالح الفوزان/كبار العلماء — youtube.com (1:12:52)

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