If I intend to stay in the Haram for the last ten days, am I considered a traveler, given that I am not a resident of the Haram?
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The questioner : If you have traveled from your home, for example from Qassim or any other place, and you want to spend the last ten days in the Haram, do I count the ten nights I am in the Haram as a traveler, so that I do not perform voluntary prayers and shorten the prayer if I pray alone? Or do I count myself as a resident and pray the prayer of a resident? Is the question clear?
The Shaykh : Yes, it is clear.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : I say: When you come to the Sacred Mosque to pray the last ten days there, you know your situation best: do you consider yourself a resident or a traveler? I am answering for myself. If you are a traveler, being a traveler is not consistent with your statement that you intend to pray the ten days there. So in this case, you are a resident. If that is the case, you pray the prayer of a resident. However, if you are hesitating, saying today I will travel and tomorrow I will travel, and this continues for ten days or twenty days, then you are a traveler, and you shorten the prayer and do not perform voluntary prayers. But if you have resolved to stay, as the Salaf used to express it, "resolved to stay," meaning you have determined to stay for days without a specific limit, the important thing is the determination in the heart. If you have resolved to stay, you pray the prayer of a resident. And if you are still in a state of travel, as the Exalted said:[Al-Baqarah 2:184] meaning he is prepared for travel, but travel is not facilitated for him today, so he says tomorrow, and it is not facilitated for him tomorrow, so he says the day after tomorrow, and so on. But if he is...
The questioner : No, I am telling you.
The Shaykh : I answered you based on what you told me. I am telling you that if one resolves and determines to stay, he has exited the state of being a traveler, because he does not say, "I am a traveler today and tomorrow," but rather he plans in advance and says, "I will stay here for the ten days."
The questioner : Absolutely, he does not leave until the night of the festival or the morning of the festival, he is determined, by the permission of Allah.
The Shaykh : This person prays the prayer of a resident.
The questioner : And he performs voluntary prayers?
The Shaykh : And he performs voluntary prayers.
The questioner : Some of the brothers differ on this, but, if Allah wills.
The Shaykh : Yes, yes, this is a matter of disagreement, but this is what we see, becauseSahih al-Bukhari 1 so whoever intends to stay is a resident, and whoever does not intend to stay and is originally a traveler, the original state remains. The original state is that a thing remains in its original state until it enters a new ruling. This new ruling is that he intends to stay, so as long as he has intended to stay, he is a resident.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good. I will tell them what you said, if Allah wills.
The Shaykh : May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : Yes, it is clear.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : I say: When you come to the Sacred Mosque to pray the last ten days there, you know your situation best: do you consider yourself a resident or a traveler? I am answering for myself. If you are a traveler, being a traveler is not consistent with your statement that you intend to pray the ten days there. So in this case, you are a resident. If that is the case, you pray the prayer of a resident. However, if you are hesitating, saying today I will travel and tomorrow I will travel, and this continues for ten days or twenty days, then you are a traveler, and you shorten the prayer and do not perform voluntary prayers. But if you have resolved to stay, as the Salaf used to express it, "resolved to stay," meaning you have determined to stay for days without a specific limit, the important thing is the determination in the heart. If you have resolved to stay, you pray the prayer of a resident. And if you are still in a state of travel, as the Exalted said:
So whoever among you is ill or on a journey
فمن كان منكم مريضًا أو على سفرThe questioner : No, I am telling you.
The Shaykh : I answered you based on what you told me. I am telling you that if one resolves and determines to stay, he has exited the state of being a traveler, because he does not say, "I am a traveler today and tomorrow," but rather he plans in advance and says, "I will stay here for the ten days."
The questioner : Absolutely, he does not leave until the night of the festival or the morning of the festival, he is determined, by the permission of Allah.
The Shaykh : This person prays the prayer of a resident.
The questioner : And he performs voluntary prayers?
The Shaykh : And he performs voluntary prayers.
The questioner : Some of the brothers differ on this, but, if Allah wills.
The Shaykh : Yes, yes, this is a matter of disagreement, but this is what we see, because
The reward of deeds depends upon the intentions and every person will get the reward according to what he has intended.
إنما الأعمال بالنيات وإنما لكل امرئ ما نوىThe questioner : May Allah reward you with good. I will tell them what you said, if Allah wills.
The Shaykh : May Allah reward you with good.
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