When is a person considered a traveler or a resident?
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The Shaykh : ... If you are a resident, you pray the prayer of a resident. If you are considered a traveler by the people, you pray the prayer of a traveler. I cannot rule on you while you are there because I do not see you and I do not know your situation. However, if it were permissible for me to rule based on suspicion or the preponderance of suspicion, I would say that as long as you go to that city to teach and settle there for a week or more, you are in a state of stability, so you are in a state of residence. This is my ruling based on what is unseen, but the one afflicted is more aware of his situation than an absentee like me, as he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Musnad Ahmad 628Hasan because of corroborating evidence and its isnad is interrupted] (Darussalam) Do you understand me?
The questioner : Yes; in the view of my family, I am a traveler, but in the view of the people, I am a resident.
The Shaykh : When you are with your family, are you a traveler or a resident?
The questioner : In the view of my family, I am a traveler, and in the view of the people, I am a resident.
The Shaykh : No, there are two things here. One relates from this city to that city. Your city is here, and we travel to the other city. So between the two cities, you are a traveler. So when your family says you are a traveler, you are indeed a traveler. But your family, like me as I told you earlier, cannot rule on you in your second city that you are a traveler or a resident; rather, you are the one who rules. Do you understand me?
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : If the turn is given to someone else.
witness and find out what someone who is not there cannot find out
الشاهد يرى ما لا يرى الغائبThe questioner : Yes; in the view of my family, I am a traveler, but in the view of the people, I am a resident.
The Shaykh : When you are with your family, are you a traveler or a resident?
The questioner : In the view of my family, I am a traveler, and in the view of the people, I am a resident.
The Shaykh : No, there are two things here. One relates from this city to that city. Your city is here, and we travel to the other city. So between the two cities, you are a traveler. So when your family says you are a traveler, you are indeed a traveler. But your family, like me as I told you earlier, cannot rule on you in your second city that you are a traveler or a resident; rather, you are the one who rules. Do you understand me?
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : If the turn is given to someone else.
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