Prayer: If I move between areas in Tehran, does watan apply—and how should I pray and fast?
Practical Laws of Islam as per the teachings of Imam Khamenei
Prayer: If I move between areas in Tehran, does watan apply—and how should I pray and fast?
English:
Question #695:
I was born in Kermanshah but have been living in Tehran for six years. I have not abandoned my original watan, while I intend to adopt Tehran as watan as well. If I move from one locality of Tehran to another every one or two years, what rule will apply to my prayer and fasting while I am here? Since we have been living in the new locality (inside Tehran) for more than six months, does the watan rule apply to us here? How will our prayers and fasting be when we travel between different areas of Tehran during the day?
Answer #695:
If you make the intention to take the present Tehran, or one of its areas, as watan, it will be your watan as a whole, and the watan rule, namely the obligation to perform prayer in full and validity of fasting, will apply to you in all areas of the present Tehran, and the traveler’s rule will not apply to your traveling around inside present Tehran.
-Imam Khamenei, Practical Laws of Islam, Importance and Conditions of Prayer