NOTES
[1] Shaikhul-Islam, Ibn Taymiyyah (rahimahullaah), says in Majmoo’ al-Fataawa (25/209), “As regards the journey on which the prayer may be shortened, it is permissible to abstain from fasting on it and to make up the fast later on, by agreement of the scholars. Abstaining from fasting is allowed for the traveller by agreement of the scholars, whether one is able to fast or not, whether fasting is difficult or not, even if the traveller was shaded, had sufficient water and had someone to serve him, still it is allowed for him to abstain from fasting and to shorten the prayer. Whoever says that abstaining from fasting is only allowed for one who is unable to fast, then repentance is to be sought from him. Either he repents, or he is executed. Likewise, for one who criticises the one who abstains from fasting (on the journey), then his repentance is to be sought.”
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