Does a person become a traveler (musafir) when visiting the town where their parents live?

If an adult leaves their original hometown—where they were born, raised, or permanently settled—and moves to another place with the intention of permanent residence for any reason, the new place becomes their original home (watan al-asli), and the previous place ceases to have this status. The presence of one's parents or adult children in the former hometown does not change this ruling. This is the preferred opinion (Ibn Abidin, Radd al-Muhtar, 2/131-132). Accordingly, if a person leaves their current place of permanent residence and travels to visit their parents who live 90 km or more away, they are subject to the rulings of travel (safar). Therefore, according to the Hanafi school, if they intend to stay less than 15 days, and according to the Shafi'i school, less than 4 days, they are considered a traveler (musafir) (Mawsili, al-Ikhtiyar, 1/79-80).

Source: T.C. Diyanet İşleri Başkanlığı, Din İşleri Yüksek Kurulu