QUESTION
Is
one considered a traveler when going from one side of a big
city to another, while he is like a stranger to that side of
the city (ie. he does not know his way around and none of the
people know him), even if it is only 15 minutes away by car?
ANSWER
by Shaykh Wasee Allaah 'Abbaas, lecturer at the Ka'bah, instructor
at Umm Al-Quraa University in Makkah
The
one who goes from one side of a city to another is not considered
a traveler, even if the two sides are very far apart.
SOURCE
This
was translated exclusively for www.bakkah.net from a handwritten
answer provided by the shaykh, file no. AAWA006, dated 1423/6/24.
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