Is A Person Who Has Houses In More Than One Place Deemed As A Traveler When He Stays In His Other Houses?

Is a person who has houses in more than one place deemed as a traveler when he stays in his other houses?

The place other than one’s original hometown in which a person intends to reside for fifteen days or more is called watan al-iqamah. There is no difference between watan al-iqamah and watan al-asli in terms of performing religious duties . That is to say, a person who is in watan al-iqamah cannot benefit from the concessions provided to a musafir (Ibn Abidin, Radd al-Muhtar, II, 614-616).

According to an opinion in fiqh books, a person who has houses in which he resides in two different places is a resident in both of them (see. Ibn Abidin, Radd al-Muhtar, II, 614; Bilmen, ilmihal, p. 163). Accordingly, a person will not be a traveler when s/he goes to a city where s/he has a house in which s/he resides .

According to some contemporary approaches, the place where a person’s summer house is situated is like his/her watan al-asli. Therefore, such person establishes his/her prayers in full in places where his/her summer and winter houses or time-sharing property are situated.

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