People who came from France to Jordan to study the Arabic language and do not know how long they will stay in Jordan, perhaps a year, two years, or more, is it permissible for them
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The questioner : People who came from France to Jordan to study the Arabic language and do not know how long they will stay in Jordan, perhaps a year, two years, or more, is it permissible for them to shorten the prayer?
The Shaykh : Yes, meaning they did not intend to reside, for example, for a month.
The questioner : Yes, O our Shaykh.
The Shaykh : They did not intend, for example, to reside for a month to learn.
The questioner : They did not intend.
The Shaykh : That is reasonable.
The questioner : That is how they informed me.
The Shaykh : No, but you did not ask them.
The questioner : They, O our Shaykh, gave me the question.
The Shaykh : I know, but what do you want to hear? Now you want to answer? As soon as you hear, you must infer and ask, because the one who comes seeking knowledge cannot be assumed not to intend to reside for a month or two, because this knowledge they came to learn, the simplest person can estimate it takes years. So to acquire this knowledge, he estimates it takes years. If he does not estimate it takes years, he does not estimate it takes months. Answer me.
The questioner : Yes, he can estimate.
The Shaykh : So it is necessary that they intend in their hearts to reside for a month, two months, three months, and so on. But the last thing is that they cannot estimate; they cannot estimate the matter. As for a question like this, the answer is that they pray the prayer of residents, because they must intend to reside for several months. This is the opposite of the ruling. This is the traveler who comes to a country and wants to conduct his affairs there, but he does not know that these affairs will end in one day or two or three, such that he says, "By Allah, if the work ends today, I will travel tomorrow; if it ends tomorrow, I will travel the day after." This is a traveler who remains under the ruling of a traveler. As for the situation you are asking about, like students of knowledge, and this is clearer than the previous situation, they go to the West, for example, and they want to obtain a certain science, and they know that the study to obtain the degree in this science takes three years or four years. Some Shaykhs, unfortunately, issue a fatwa that they should pray the prayer of a resident. Is it the prayer of a resident or the prayer of a traveler? Do you see this is an error? Because these people went to study for these years. So if they intend to reside, they become residents, and the rulings of residents apply to them, and they no longer have the right to have the rulings of travelers apply to them. Okay, then.
The Shaykh : Yes, meaning they did not intend to reside, for example, for a month.
The questioner : Yes, O our Shaykh.
The Shaykh : They did not intend, for example, to reside for a month to learn.
The questioner : They did not intend.
The Shaykh : That is reasonable.
The questioner : That is how they informed me.
The Shaykh : No, but you did not ask them.
The questioner : They, O our Shaykh, gave me the question.
The Shaykh : I know, but what do you want to hear? Now you want to answer? As soon as you hear, you must infer and ask, because the one who comes seeking knowledge cannot be assumed not to intend to reside for a month or two, because this knowledge they came to learn, the simplest person can estimate it takes years. So to acquire this knowledge, he estimates it takes years. If he does not estimate it takes years, he does not estimate it takes months. Answer me.
The questioner : Yes, he can estimate.
The Shaykh : So it is necessary that they intend in their hearts to reside for a month, two months, three months, and so on. But the last thing is that they cannot estimate; they cannot estimate the matter. As for a question like this, the answer is that they pray the prayer of residents, because they must intend to reside for several months. This is the opposite of the ruling. This is the traveler who comes to a country and wants to conduct his affairs there, but he does not know that these affairs will end in one day or two or three, such that he says, "By Allah, if the work ends today, I will travel tomorrow; if it ends tomorrow, I will travel the day after." This is a traveler who remains under the ruling of a traveler. As for the situation you are asking about, like students of knowledge, and this is clearer than the previous situation, they go to the West, for example, and they want to obtain a certain science, and they know that the study to obtain the degree in this science takes three years or four years. Some Shaykhs, unfortunately, issue a fatwa that they should pray the prayer of a resident. Is it the prayer of a resident or the prayer of a traveler? Do you see this is an error? Because these people went to study for these years. So if they intend to reside, they become residents, and the rulings of residents apply to them, and they no longer have the right to have the rulings of travelers apply to them. Okay, then.
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