Question: Can he shorten his prayers and eat before leaving his house on a journey? Answer: Shaykh Ibn ‘Uthaymeen (may Allaah have mercy on him) said: The answer is that there are two views narrated from the salaf. Some of the scholars are of the view that it is permissible to break the fast when he has made his preparations for travel and has nothing left to do but get into his means of transportation. They narrated that this is what Anas (may Allaah be pleased with him) used to do. But if you study the verse – “but if any of you is ill or on a journey, the same number (should be made up) from other days” [al-Baqarah 2:184] – you will see that this view is not correct, because up to this point he is not travelling; at this point he is still a resident. Based on that, it is not permissible for him to break the fast until he has left the houses of the town behind. But before leaving, he cannot do that, because he is not yet travelling in a real sense. The correct view is that he should not break his fast until he has left the village. Hence it is not permissible to shorten the prayers until he has left the town, and likewise it is not permissible to break the fast until he has left the town. Ref: Al-Sharh al-Mumti’, 6/346 Shaykh Saalih al-Fawzaan (may Allaah preserve him) said: The rulings of travelling begin to apply when one leaves the town. If a person leaves his town of residence, by passing beyond the developed area, i.e., passing beyond the buildings, then the rulings on travelling begin to apply in his case, such as shortening the prayer and breaking the fast in Ramadaan, etc. But if he is still in the built-up area, then the rulings on travel have not yet begun to apply in his case. So he has to pray when he is still inside the built-up area, and he should offer the prayers in full at the proper times, just like the residents, because he has not yet started his journey. Even if he moves from one neighbourhood to another on his way to his journey, he is not yet regarded as a traveller, until he has passed beyond all the buildings and developed areas of the town. Ref: Al-Muntaqa min Fataawa al-Shaykh al-Fawzaan, 3/62, 63
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