Missed salah while travelling
Question
I was on a safar with my husband to another country and we missed our zuhr salah. My question is this: now that we’re back home, when we’re doing qaza or our namaz, do we pray 2 rakats or the full 4?
Answer
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
As-salāmu ‘alaykum wa-rahmatullāhi wa-barakātuh.
You should pray the qasr amount (2 rakats) for the Zuhr Salah that you missed whilst travelling.[i]
And Allah Ta’āla Knows Best
Checked and Approved by,
Mufti Ebrahim Desai Saheb
References (Arabic / Urdu sources)
[i] قوله ( وفائتة السفر والحضر تقضي ركعتين وأربعا ) لف ونشر مرتب أي فائتة السفر تقضى ركعتين وفائتة الحضر تقضى أربعا لأن القضاء بحسب الأداء بخلاف ما لو فاتته في المرض في حالة لا يقدر على الركوع والسجود حيث يقضيها في الصحة راكعا وساجدا أو فاتته في الصحة حيث يقضيها في المرض بالإيماء لأن الواجب هناك الركوع والسجود إلا أنهما يسقطان عنه بالعجز فإذا قدر أتى بهما بخلاف ما نحن فيه فإن الواجب على المسافر ركعتان كصلاة الفجر وعلى المقيم أربع فلا يتغير بعد الاستقرار
(البحر الرائق، ج2، ص137، رشيديه)
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