Darul Iftaa Mahmudiyyah

Traveling and Qasr Salaah

· 1 Jumada I 1435 AH1 min readFatwa 28542English

Question

If someone travels for business purpose which is more than 48 miles away, will they do qasr for any namaaz which come in between?

Answer

In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.

As-salāmu ‘alaykum wa-rahmatullāhi wa-barakātuh.

When you intend to travel for 48 miles or more, then the moment you left the boundaries of your city you will read two raka’āt instead of four raka’āt of Salāh in Ðuhur, Ἀṣar and Ἰshā until you re-enter the boundaries of your city. As such, you will do qasar for any Namāz that comes in between.[i]

And Allah Ta’āla Knows Best

Khalil Johnson

Student Darul Iftaa
Canada

Checked and Approved by,
Mufti Ebrahim Desai

References (Arabic / Urdu sources)

[i] متن بداية المبتدي في فقه الإمام أبي حنيفة, علي بن أبي بكر بن عبد الجليل الفرغاني المرغيناني، أبو الحسن برهان الدين, 593هـ, , مكتبة ومطبعة محمد علي صبح – القاهرة, 1

[25 1] وفرض المسافر في الرباعية ركعتان لا يزيد عليهما

[25 1] وإذا فارق المسافر بيوت المصر صلى ركعتين ولا يزال على حكم السفر حتى ينوي الإقامة في بلد أو قرية خمسة عشر يوما أو أكثر وإن نوى أقل من ذلك قصر

Answered by
Khalil Johnson
Checked & approved by
Mufti Ebrahim Desai
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