The one who shortens the prayer for four years, knowing that he will stay for four years?
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The questioner : The traveler now who is studying, for example, wants to study for four years, knowing how long he will stay in this country, four years. Does he shorten the prayer in this case?
The Shaykh : Yes, the stronger opinion in my view is that he shortens it.
The questioner : Four years?
The Shaykh : Yes, even if it were forty years, and he knows that he will return to his family.
The questioner : Yes, he is not waiting for something that might be resolved tomorrow.
The Shaykh : No, he is not waiting for the result to be given. If it happens that he passes all the subjects in one month, he returns, and there is no more [time left].
The questioner : No, even if he passes...
The Shaykh : I say, if it happened that they said, for example, "Whoever wants to put pressure on himself and complete these lessons in one month or half a month, we will give him the degree," then he does whatever...
The questioner : Okay, and like the one in a country where there is a scholar, for example...
The Shaykh : Yes, the stronger opinion in my view is that he shortens it.
The questioner : Four years?
The Shaykh : Yes, even if it were forty years, and he knows that he will return to his family.
The questioner : Yes, he is not waiting for something that might be resolved tomorrow.
The Shaykh : No, he is not waiting for the result to be given. If it happens that he passes all the subjects in one month, he returns, and there is no more [time left].
The questioner : No, even if he passes...
The Shaykh : I say, if it happened that they said, for example, "Whoever wants to put pressure on himself and complete these lessons in one month or half a month, we will give him the degree," then he does whatever...
The questioner : Okay, and like the one in a country where there is a scholar, for example...