Is the distance between Bahrain and Al-Khobar in Saudi Arabia, which is thirty kilometers or less, considered a distance for shortening the prayer?
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The questioner : Like the question of the brother Adam, O Shaykh, the distance between Bahrain, from Bahrain to Al-Khobar, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : Approximately thirty kilometers or less.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : People leave in the afternoon from Bahrain for the market, the Al-Khobar market.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : With the intention of returning after the 'Isha' prayer.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : That is, they pray Maghrib and 'Isha'.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : ... in Al-Khobar.
The Shaykh : Yes, indeed.
The questioner : But they leave with the intention of returning after the 'Isha' prayer, after they have finished their shopping, knowing that, O Shaykh, they have their passports and they stamp their passports?
The Shaykh : This is considered travel by custom.
The student: Yes, indeed.
The Shaykh : Yes, indeed.
The questioner : ... ؟
The Shaykh : For example, if I go to Buraydah to have dinner with someone, or lunch, or to attend a funeral, or something similar, they do not say that he is a traveler. But if we go from Al-Khobar to Bahrain, they say that he is.
The student: A traveler.
The Shaykh : A traveler. And therefore he is treated as a traveler in terms of passports and the like. So if we judge that by custom, then there is no doubt that by custom he is a traveler.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : Approximately thirty kilometers or less.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : People leave in the afternoon from Bahrain for the market, the Al-Khobar market.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : With the intention of returning after the 'Isha' prayer.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : That is, they pray Maghrib and 'Isha'.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : ... in Al-Khobar.
The Shaykh : Yes, indeed.
The questioner : But they leave with the intention of returning after the 'Isha' prayer, after they have finished their shopping, knowing that, O Shaykh, they have their passports and they stamp their passports?
The Shaykh : This is considered travel by custom.
The student: Yes, indeed.
The Shaykh : Yes, indeed.
The questioner : ... ؟
The Shaykh : For example, if I go to Buraydah to have dinner with someone, or lunch, or to attend a funeral, or something similar, they do not say that he is a traveler. But if we go from Al-Khobar to Bahrain, they say that he is.
The student: A traveler.
The Shaykh : A traveler. And therefore he is treated as a traveler in terms of passports and the like. So if we judge that by custom, then there is no doubt that by custom he is a traveler.