Shortening the Prayer While Traveling.
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The Shaykh :
And it means he is at ease from the hardships of travel, the problems of lodging and work, and so on.
And if that is the case, then he is a resident and prays the prayer of a resident, provided that the situation is not otherwise.
So it is true that he intended to stay for two months, why? Because his commercial activities, or others, are estimated to not end
until this period, but he is overwhelmed by the volume of work, so at that point he is still a traveler.
And if he intended to stay for this specific period, as I mentioned on a past occasion, the narration
established from some of the Companions when they went out as mujahideen in the path of Allah, and they came to the region of Khurasan, which is a cold land, and the Arabs of the Hijaz did not know it, and in those lands the snow fell heavily upon them and blocked the road for their return to their homeland. There is no doubt that everyone knows that such snow is estimated by a person not to disappear between evening and morning; they estimated that they had to stay there for a long time, and a very long time, but they wanted to return to their homeland as soon as possible. Therefore, they continued to shorten the prayer for six months, knowing that they would not return within a month or two. In summary, the matter is delicate, and in brief, it does not relate only to the traveler intending to stay for more than four days, but rather one should observe whether he is at ease
as if he were in his own country, or whether he is still pursuing his commercial activities and the like. If it is the former, then he is in the ruling of a resident.
And if it is the latter, then he is in the ruling of a traveler. And in the end, I say: {But man is a witness against himself} (Al-Qiyamah 14:14), meaning
so he should estimate, after this clarification, whether he is a resident or a traveler, otherwise we cannot give a general ruling
for all individuals. For example, two men leave one town for another, and one of them, when he arrives in this
other town, is a traveler, while the other is a resident. Why? Because the latter moved from his town of residence to the other town
and he has a wife there and children there, so he has moved from a town of residence to a town of residence. What made him a resident in the other town
is that he has a wife and children there, unlike the first man. So it is not permissible to treat the two men in the same way
and say to one of them: as long as you are a traveler... So the one who has a wife and children, is he a traveler? Or the opposite? The matter is as Allah
the Exalted said: {But man is a witness against himself} (Al-Qiyamah 14:14).
And it means he is at ease from the hardships of travel, the problems of lodging and work, and so on.
And if that is the case, then he is a resident and prays the prayer of a resident, provided that the situation is not otherwise.
So it is true that he intended to stay for two months, why? Because his commercial activities, or others, are estimated to not end
until this period, but he is overwhelmed by the volume of work, so at that point he is still a traveler.
And if he intended to stay for this specific period, as I mentioned on a past occasion, the narration
established from some of the Companions when they went out as mujahideen in the path of Allah, and they came to the region of Khurasan, which is a cold land, and the Arabs of the Hijaz did not know it, and in those lands the snow fell heavily upon them and blocked the road for their return to their homeland. There is no doubt that everyone knows that such snow is estimated by a person not to disappear between evening and morning; they estimated that they had to stay there for a long time, and a very long time, but they wanted to return to their homeland as soon as possible. Therefore, they continued to shorten the prayer for six months, knowing that they would not return within a month or two. In summary, the matter is delicate, and in brief, it does not relate only to the traveler intending to stay for more than four days, but rather one should observe whether he is at ease
as if he were in his own country, or whether he is still pursuing his commercial activities and the like. If it is the former, then he is in the ruling of a resident.
And if it is the latter, then he is in the ruling of a traveler. And in the end, I say: {But man is a witness against himself} (Al-Qiyamah 14:14), meaning
so he should estimate, after this clarification, whether he is a resident or a traveler, otherwise we cannot give a general ruling
for all individuals. For example, two men leave one town for another, and one of them, when he arrives in this
other town, is a traveler, while the other is a resident. Why? Because the latter moved from his town of residence to the other town
and he has a wife there and children there, so he has moved from a town of residence to a town of residence. What made him a resident in the other town
is that he has a wife and children there, unlike the first man. So it is not permissible to treat the two men in the same way
and say to one of them: as long as you are a traveler... So the one who has a wife and children, is he a traveler? Or the opposite? The matter is as Allah
the Exalted said: {But man is a witness against himself} (Al-Qiyamah 14:14).
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