The ruling on taking the dispensations for travel when there is no hardship
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Question:
It is permissible for the traveler to break his fast in Ramadan, and likewise to shorten the prayer. In the past, the traveler would be weary because travel was arduous and tiring, and means of transportation were not available; it was by beasts of burden. By the praise of Allah, transportation has now developed and become more than easy and comfortable. The traveler can reach his destination with ease and comfort, and without fatigue. Is it permissible for him to break his fast in this case?
Answer:
The dispensation for travel is a general dispensation in the present time, before it, and in the future as well; because the One who legislated it, the Knower of the Unseen, knows everything , and He knows the conditions of the servants at the time of legislation, and likewise in future times such as our time. Allah knows everything . If the legislation were to differ, He would have said: "If travel becomes easy, or if comfortable vehicles come, do not shorten, and do not combine." He did not say this. Neither the Lord (Glorified and Exalted is He) said it, nor the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him).
The scholars said: The prayer was shortened in travel because it is a place where fatigue and hardship are likely to occur. The likelihood is the same whether the hardship is present or absent, as long as it is a place where it is likely. Travel is a place where hardship is likely, but its presence is not a condition. So if the travel is comfortable, on comfortable camels, and at comfortable times, shortening is prescribed. And likewise now in cars, airplanes, trains, and space vehicles, they are all one path. Shortening is prescribed, and combining is prescribed for the traveler, even if he is in the utmost comfort; because the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) did not restrict it when he legislated it, and Allah in His great Book did not restrict it to hardship.
So it is known by this that the traveler shortens, combines, and breaks his fast, even if his travel is comfortable in a car, or in an airplane, or in something else. And praise be to Allah in all circumstances. Yes.
The presenter: Praise be to Allah. May Allah reward you with good.
It is permissible for the traveler to break his fast in Ramadan, and likewise to shorten the prayer. In the past, the traveler would be weary because travel was arduous and tiring, and means of transportation were not available; it was by beasts of burden. By the praise of Allah, transportation has now developed and become more than easy and comfortable. The traveler can reach his destination with ease and comfort, and without fatigue. Is it permissible for him to break his fast in this case?
Answer:
The dispensation for travel is a general dispensation in the present time, before it, and in the future as well; because the One who legislated it, the Knower of the Unseen, knows everything , and He knows the conditions of the servants at the time of legislation, and likewise in future times such as our time. Allah knows everything . If the legislation were to differ, He would have said: "If travel becomes easy, or if comfortable vehicles come, do not shorten, and do not combine." He did not say this. Neither the Lord (Glorified and Exalted is He) said it, nor the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him).
The scholars said: The prayer was shortened in travel because it is a place where fatigue and hardship are likely to occur. The likelihood is the same whether the hardship is present or absent, as long as it is a place where it is likely. Travel is a place where hardship is likely, but its presence is not a condition. So if the travel is comfortable, on comfortable camels, and at comfortable times, shortening is prescribed. And likewise now in cars, airplanes, trains, and space vehicles, they are all one path. Shortening is prescribed, and combining is prescribed for the traveler, even if he is in the utmost comfort; because the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) did not restrict it when he legislated it, and Allah in His great Book did not restrict it to hardship.
So it is known by this that the traveler shortens, combines, and breaks his fast, even if his travel is comfortable in a car, or in an airplane, or in something else. And praise be to Allah in all circumstances. Yes.
The presenter: Praise be to Allah. May Allah reward you with good.
Source
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