Darul Iftaa Mahmudiyyah

Can I pray qasr if I intend staying at destination for a month?

· 6 Dhuʻl-Hijjah 1443 AH1 min readFatwa 40544English

Question

Salam aleykum. I am on holidays, so I traveled to another state and I'm planning on staying for a month. Can I still do the qasr prayers till I get back home? Jazakumullahul khair

Answer

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

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

If a person intends to stay 15 nights or more at one place, he is a Muqeem. [i] He will have to perform full salaah. He cannot make qasr salaah at that place.

Accordingly, if you travelled to another state and stayed in one place for 15 days or more, you will have to perform full salaah.

And Allah Ta’āla Knows Best

Aboobakr Siddeeq bin Mufti Amjad Mohammad

Student Darul Iftaa

Azaadville, JHB, South Africa

Checked and Approved by,
Mufti Ebrahim Desai

(2020-05-29)

References (Arabic / Urdu sources)

[i] حاشية رد المختار على الدر المختار - (2 / 132)

( ويبطل وطن الإقامة ) يسمى أيضا الوطن المستعار والحادث وهو ما خرج إليه بنية إقامة نصف شهر سواء كان بينه وبين الأصلي مسيرة السفر أو لا وهذا رواية ابن سماعة عن محمد وعنه أن المسافة شرط والأول هو المختار عند الأكثرين

الجوهرة النيرة - (1 / 342)

وَوَطَنُ الْإِقَامَةِ مَا نَوَى أَنْ يُقِيمَ فِيهِ خَمْسَةَ عَشَرَ يَوْمًا فَصَاعِدًا

اللباب في شرح الكتاب - (1 / 52)

ومن خرج مسافراً صلى ركعتين إذا فارق بيوت المصر ولا يزال على حكم السفر حتى ينوي الإقامة في بلدٍ خمسة عشر يوماً فصاعداً؛ فيلزمه الإتمام، وإن نوى الإقامة أقل من ذلك لم يتم

کتاب النوازل – (417 / 5)

اس شخص کو اگر یہ اندازہ ہو کہ یہاں ١٥ دن روکنا ہوگا تو وہ شخص وہاں اتمام کریگا اور اگر اندازہ یہ ہو کہ وہاں ١٥ دن سے کم رکنا پڑیگا تو پھر وہ مسافر رہیگا اور قصر کریگا

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Aboobakr Siddeeq bin Mufti Amjad Mohammad
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