Is travel related to leaving the built-up area?
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The questioner : Regarding combining prayers and shortening them, is the criterion for leaving the built-up area or seeing the built-up area mentioned, or not?
The Shaykh : Of course, this is an Arabic meaning, because *safara* means to emerge.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : So once he emerges from his built-up area, the ruling of travel begins to apply to him. But if he is still there, for example, in some capital cities like London or Cairo, a person might drive one hundred, two hundred, or three hundred kilometers by car.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : And he is still in his country, so he is not a traveler.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : He is not a traveler, so it is necessary to always define the matter of travel precisely: that he leaves the boundaries of his country, whether his town is a village or a capital, the ruling is the same. So if he emerges, what follows? The rulings of travel.
The Shaykh : Of course, this is an Arabic meaning, because *safara* means to emerge.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : So once he emerges from his built-up area, the ruling of travel begins to apply to him. But if he is still there, for example, in some capital cities like London or Cairo, a person might drive one hundred, two hundred, or three hundred kilometers by car.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : And he is still in his country, so he is not a traveler.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : He is not a traveler, so it is necessary to always define the matter of travel precisely: that he leaves the boundaries of his country, whether his town is a village or a capital, the ruling is the same. So if he emerges, what follows? The rulings of travel.