Is a person who has emigrated for study or work, spending many years in the country of emigration and returning to their home country for holidays, considered a settler in the country of study and work, or in their original homeland upon their return, or in both, or does the description of settlement not apply to them in either, if settlement is a condition for the validity of Friday prayer?

Settlement is not a prerequisite for the validity of the Friday prayer, but it is a prerequisite for its obligation upon the people of the villages. The person in question is a settler in his original homeland. As for the country of study, he is a resident, and Friday prayer is not obligatory upon him personally. Rather, it becomes obligatory upon him through others if there are settlers present with whom the Friday prayer can be established. In such a case, he must attend it with them.