Is A Person Who Goes To The Town Where His Parents Reside Deemed As A Traveler?

Is a person who goes to the town where his parents reside deemed as a traveler?

If an adult leaves his watan al-asli where he was born and raised up or settled in to live permanently, and settles in another place to live permanently for any reason, that place will be his watan al-asli instead of the former watan al-asli.

The fact that his parents or adult children reside in his former watan al-asli does not change this situation. This is the preferred opinion (Ibn Abidin, Radd al-Muhtar, II, 614-615).

Accordingly, if a person leaves the city where he lives permanently and goes to another place that is 90 km or more away from his house in order to, for example, visit his parents who are resident there, he will be subject to the judgments of being a traveler. Therefore, he will be a traveler if he intends to stay there for less than 15 days according to Hanafis and less than 4 days according to Shafi’is (Mawsili, al-Ikhtiyar, I, 268).

Source: Presidency Of Religious Affairs The Turkey, High Board of Religious Affairs FATWA