Darul Iftaa Mahmudiyyah

Qasr Salaah

· 8 Shaʻban 1440 AH1 min readFatwa 42204English

Question

Aoa. About qasr namaZ.

When we leave our place and after 13km, we stop so our namaZ ewil be qasr or not.Our right destination is 60-70 km.

Answer

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

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

In principle, a person will perform qasr salaah once he leaves the boundaries of his city[1] and intends to travel for 78 kilometres[2] or more.

If your final destination is 70 kilometres, you will not be a musaafir. When you stop after 13 kilometres to perform salaah, you will have to perform full salaah.

And Allah Ta’āla Knows Best

Aboobakr Siddeeq bin Mufti Amjad Mohammad

Student Darul Iftaa

Azaadville, Johannesburg, South Africa

Checked and Approved by,
Mufti Ebrahim Desai.

References (Arabic / Urdu sources)

1, [2] شرح مختصر الطحاوي للجصاص (2/ 88)

قال أبو جعفر: (ومن سافر يريد ميرة ثلاثة أيام فصاعدًا: قصر الصلاة إذا جاوز بيوت مصره، ون سافر يريد دون ذلك: لم يقصر).

النتف في الفتاوى للسغدي (1/ 76)

وَيصير الرجل مُسَافِرًا بشيئين

1 - بِخُرُوجِهِ من بَلَده

2 - مَعَ نِيَّة السّفر

تحفة الفقهاء (1/ 147)

قَالَ عُلَمَاؤُنَا ثَلَاثَة أَيَّام ولياليها يسير الْإِبِل ومشي الْأَقْدَام هَذَا جَوَاب ظَاهر الرِّوَايَة

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Checked & approved by
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