The ruling on one who travels to a country and intends to reside in it
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His Eminence the Shaykh: If a person travels from his family and has the intention of not returning to his country, and resides in a country far from their country with the intention of settling there, then returns to his family for a visit, is he considered a traveler or not?
If a person leaves his original homeland with the intention of settling in the second country, then if he returns to his original homeland, he is a traveler, as long as he remains with his first intention.And the evidence for that is: The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) had Mecca as his original homeland, and when he conquered Mecca, he shortened the prayer, and he shortened the prayer during the Farewell Pilgrimage.
The questioner: O Shaykh, and what if his wife and children are in this same country—his original homeland?The Shaykh: Yes: indeed.
Even if his wife and children are there.
If a person leaves his original homeland with the intention of settling in the second country, then if he returns to his original homeland, he is a traveler, as long as he remains with his first intention.And the evidence for that is: The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) had Mecca as his original homeland, and when he conquered Mecca, he shortened the prayer, and he shortened the prayer during the Farewell Pilgrimage.
The questioner: O Shaykh, and what if his wife and children are in this same country—his original homeland?The Shaykh: Yes: indeed.
Even if his wife and children are there.