Matafiya
Travellers
(16) Domin matafiyi ya samu izinin karya azumi, dole ne a cika wasu sharudda. Tafiyarsa ta zama mai nisa, ko kuma a sanshi a matsayin matafiyi (ko da yake akwai sanannen sabani tsakanin malamai a kan wannan batu), kuma ta wuce birni da unguwanninsa. (Yawancin malamai sun ce bai kamata ya karya azumi ba sai ya wuce iyakokin birnin. Sun ce tafiya ba ta fara da gaske ba sai mutum ya wuce iyakokin birnin, kuma mutumin da yake har yanzu a cikin birnin yana “a zaune” kuma “a gida”. Allah Madaukaki ya ce (ma'anar aya): “… Saboda haka duk wanda ya ga watan (a daren farko na watan Ramadan, watau yana gida), to, ya yi azumin wannan wata…” [Al-Baqara 2:185]. Ba a dauke shi matafiyi ba sai ya bar birnin; idan yana cikin birnin, ana ganinsa a matsayin mazaune, don haka ba a yarda ya takaita sallolinsa ba). Haka kuma tafiyarsa ba za ta zama tafiyar zunubi ba (bisa ga ra'ayin yawancin malamai), ko kuma tafiyar da aka yi don neman kubuta daga yin azumi.
(16) For a traveller to be allowed to break his fast, certain conditions must be met. His journey should be lengthy, or else be known as travelling (although there is a well-known difference of opinion among the scholars on this matter), and should go beyond the city and its suburbs. (The majority of scholars say that he should not break his fast before he passes the city limits. They say that a journey has not really begun until a person passes the city limits, and a person who is still in the city is “settled” and “present”. Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning): “… So whoever of you sights (the crescent on the first night of) the month (of Ramadaan, i.e., is present at his home), he must observes sawm (fasts) that month…” [al-Baqarah 2:185]. He is not counted as a traveller until he has left the city; if he is still within the city, he is regarded as one who is settled, so he is not permitted to shorten his prayers). His journey should also not be a journey for sinful purposes (according to the majority of scholars), or for the purpose of trying to get out of having to fast.