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What is the minimum distance of travelling required to be eligible for performing Qasar?

· 12 Rabiʻ I 1437 AH1 min readFatwa 34587English

Question

Please provide me with the minimum distance required to traveled to be eligible for performing qasar wa jama wrt all madad.

Answer

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

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

If one intends to travel a minimum distance of 77.8 (78) km or more, he will be regarded as a Musafir (traveller) once he leaves the housing area of his town. In that situation he will have to perform Qasar Salah.

And Allah Ta’āla Knows Best

Abdullah ibn Mohammed Aijaz

Student Darul Iftaa
Baltimore, USA

Checked and Approved by,
Mufti Ebrahim Desai.

Fatawa Mahmudiyyah V.7/PG.479

Ahsanul Fatawa V.4/PG.15

References (Arabic / Urdu sources)

الأصل للشيباني ط قطر (1/ 231)

قلت: أرأيت المسافر هل يقصر الصلاة في أقل من ثلاثة أيام؟ قال: لا. قلت: فإن سافر مسيرة ثلاثة أيام فصاعداً؟ قال: يقصر الصلاة حين يخرج من مصره

Answered by
Abdullah ibn Mohammed Aijaz
Checked & approved by
Mufti Ebrahim Desai
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