What is the type of travel in which the prayer is shortened?
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The questioner : Our Shaykh, regarding the difference of opinion among the schools of jurisprudence on the issue of shortening the prayer during travel.
The Shaykh: Yes ...
The questioner : And the principle is that whoever says that shortening is permissible in travel where the time of return is known, here shortening is not permissible. What is the opinion of our Shaykh on this issue?
The Shaykh : I did not understand what you said.
The questioner : If you are a traveler and you know that you will return at a specific time, for example, in the sixth month of the year or in the seventh month when the exams end, if you are a student or a worker, then here... it is known that your time of return is fixed... This is evidenced by the hadith of Ibn 'Abbas or the report of Ibn 'Abbas when he was in Azerbaijan with the Muslim army and did not know the time of return, so he used to shorten the prayer.
The Shaykh : That is, he did not know anything, but he knew and intended to stay for a certain period. Ibn 'Umar did not know; he was determined to return, but because of the snow, he did not know when he would come back. As for the man who goes to a university, whether it is in an Arab country or a foreign country, he goes there intending to stay for study, so he is considered a resident. But the man who goes to trade or to follow up on some of his works and interests, and then he does not know when he will finish that follow-up, he is a traveler until he returns to his country. So whoever intends to stay and resolves to stay is called a resident. And whoever is hesitating between today and tomorrow and the day after, and so on, and the period extends for months, as happened to Ibn 'Umar, he is a traveler and not a resident...
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good... This question is another question.
The Shaykh: Yes ...
The questioner : And the principle is that whoever says that shortening is permissible in travel where the time of return is known, here shortening is not permissible. What is the opinion of our Shaykh on this issue?
The Shaykh : I did not understand what you said.
The questioner : If you are a traveler and you know that you will return at a specific time, for example, in the sixth month of the year or in the seventh month when the exams end, if you are a student or a worker, then here... it is known that your time of return is fixed... This is evidenced by the hadith of Ibn 'Abbas or the report of Ibn 'Abbas when he was in Azerbaijan with the Muslim army and did not know the time of return, so he used to shorten the prayer.
The Shaykh : That is, he did not know anything, but he knew and intended to stay for a certain period. Ibn 'Umar did not know; he was determined to return, but because of the snow, he did not know when he would come back. As for the man who goes to a university, whether it is in an Arab country or a foreign country, he goes there intending to stay for study, so he is considered a resident. But the man who goes to trade or to follow up on some of his works and interests, and then he does not know when he will finish that follow-up, he is a traveler until he returns to his country. So whoever intends to stay and resolves to stay is called a resident. And whoever is hesitating between today and tomorrow and the day after, and so on, and the period extends for months, as happened to Ibn 'Umar, he is a traveler and not a resident...
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good... This question is another question.
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