If the traveler is the imam and the people behind him are residents, what should he do?
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The questioner : If the traveler is the imam and everyone behind him is a resident, does the dislike remain in this case?
The Shaykh : Yes, even if he is the imam and the people behind him are residents, he should shorten the prayer and say to them: "Complete the prayer, for we are travelers," or "I am a traveler," so that the Sunnah becomes apparent, because this Sunnah is unknown to many people and the common people reject it.
But if it becomes well-known and people practice it, it becomes familiar to them and becomes a recognized custom, just as it is recognized by the Shari'ah.
What a person should do, especially a student of knowledge whose words are followed, is to revive the Sunnahs that have been abandoned, so that what is right does not become what is wrong.
The Shaykh : Yes, even if he is the imam and the people behind him are residents, he should shorten the prayer and say to them: "Complete the prayer, for we are travelers," or "I am a traveler," so that the Sunnah becomes apparent, because this Sunnah is unknown to many people and the common people reject it.
But if it becomes well-known and people practice it, it becomes familiar to them and becomes a recognized custom, just as it is recognized by the Shari'ah.
What a person should do, especially a student of knowledge whose words are followed, is to revive the Sunnahs that have been abandoned, so that what is right does not become what is wrong.