If a person intends to travel to a certain country and intends to stay for a specific duration, is it permissible for him to shorten the prayer?
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The questioner : My Shaykh, if you please, I am asking you a question: if I travel to a certain country and intend to stay, for example, for a specific duration, is it permissible for me to shorten the prayer?
The Shaykh : If the intention you have is an intention to reside accompanied by stability and tranquility, as if you were in your own country, then at that time you pray as if you were in your own country.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : That is, as a complete resident. But if your intention is a temporary one to take care of your affairs and business, and it may not be finished, then at that time you remain in the state of a traveler.
The questioner : For example, with the intention of visiting.
The Shaykh : Visiting relatives.
The questioner : Ah, visiting friends or relatives.
The Shaykh : So you are a resident.
The questioner : Even if it is for a few days.
The Shaykh : Where are you going? Ah, from here, I mean.
The questioner : Shaykh, even if it is for a few days.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : Okay, may Allah reward you with good. I know a friend of mine who came from Kuwait to visit his relatives, and he said he is currently gathering [prayers] and said...
The Shaykh : This matter, may Allah bless you, is a matter of independent legal reasoning (ijtihad).
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : There are no explicit Prophetic texts in it by which a person can establish the argument against those who disagree.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : The matter is extremely precise, and therefore, if you speak about this person, I tell you what may have reached you or may not have reached you: there are people who go from their countries to Europe to study there for four or five years, and they continue to shorten the prayer. Do you know this opinion?
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Some scholars have said this.
The questioner : That it is permissible, meaning.
The Shaykh : That it is permissible, but this is the furthest thing from the Shari'ah, its implications, and its objectives.
The questioner : And those who specify it as four days or nineteen days.
The Shaykh : Likewise, there is no evidence for it.
The questioner : There is no evidence for it, but it remains a considered disagreement among them.
The Shaykh : It is this.
The questioner : Meaning, if we adopt it, it is permissible.
The Shaykh : No, we do not permit you to adopt it.
The questioner : I mean, for example.
The Shaykh : In the opinion, yes, but not every opinion is considered. There is no god but Allah.
The Shaykh : If the intention you have is an intention to reside accompanied by stability and tranquility, as if you were in your own country, then at that time you pray as if you were in your own country.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : That is, as a complete resident. But if your intention is a temporary one to take care of your affairs and business, and it may not be finished, then at that time you remain in the state of a traveler.
The questioner : For example, with the intention of visiting.
The Shaykh : Visiting relatives.
The questioner : Ah, visiting friends or relatives.
The Shaykh : So you are a resident.
The questioner : Even if it is for a few days.
The Shaykh : Where are you going? Ah, from here, I mean.
The questioner : Shaykh, even if it is for a few days.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : Okay, may Allah reward you with good. I know a friend of mine who came from Kuwait to visit his relatives, and he said he is currently gathering [prayers] and said...
The Shaykh : This matter, may Allah bless you, is a matter of independent legal reasoning (ijtihad).
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : There are no explicit Prophetic texts in it by which a person can establish the argument against those who disagree.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : The matter is extremely precise, and therefore, if you speak about this person, I tell you what may have reached you or may not have reached you: there are people who go from their countries to Europe to study there for four or five years, and they continue to shorten the prayer. Do you know this opinion?
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Some scholars have said this.
The questioner : That it is permissible, meaning.
The Shaykh : That it is permissible, but this is the furthest thing from the Shari'ah, its implications, and its objectives.
The questioner : And those who specify it as four days or nineteen days.
The Shaykh : Likewise, there is no evidence for it.
The questioner : There is no evidence for it, but it remains a considered disagreement among them.
The Shaykh : It is this.
The questioner : Meaning, if we adopt it, it is permissible.
The Shaykh : No, we do not permit you to adopt it.
The questioner : I mean, for example.
The Shaykh : In the opinion, yes, but not every opinion is considered. There is no god but Allah.
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