Darul Ifta, Darul Uloom Azaadville

Becoming A Musaafir By Travelling to Two Destinations

· 21 Safar 1445 AH1 min readEnglish

Question

If a person is travelling to two places, the first place is not Safr distance, but the second place is Safr distance, will he be Musafir in the first place?

Answer

A person intending to travel the Safr distance will be Musafir (perform Qasr Salaah) once he leaves the the area where he resides. Hence if a person initially (when leaving his residence) had the intention of travelling to the second place – i.e. he did not merely intend the first place and on arrival at the first place decided to travel to the second place, rather he had the intention from the very beginning – then he will be Musafir (perform Qasr Salaah) in the first place as well.

References (Arabic / Urdu sources)

(من خرج من عمارة موضع إقامته) …. (قاصدا) ومن طاف الدنيا بلا قصد لم يقصر (مسيرة ثلاثة أيام ولياليها … (صلى الفرض الرباعي ركعتين)…

(الدر المختار ٢/١٣٦)

قَالَ مُحَمَّدٌ – رَحِمَهُ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى – يَقْصُرُ حِينَ يَخْرُجُ مِنْ مِصْرِهِ وَيُخَلَّفُ دُورَ الْمِصْرِ، كَذَا فِي الْمُحِيطِ وَفِي الْغِيَاثِيَّةِ هُوَ الْمُخْتَارُ وَعَلَيْهِ الْفَتْوَى، كَذَا فِي التَّتَارْخَانِيَّة …….. وَلَا بُدَّ لِلْمُسَافِرِ مِنْ قَصْدِ مَسَافَةٍ مُقَدَّرَةٍ بِثَلَاثَةِ أَيَّامٍ حَتَّى يَتَرَخَّصَ بِرُخْصَةِ الْمُسَافِرِينَ وَإِلَّا لَا يَتَرَخَّصُ أَبَدًا وَلَوْ طَافَ الدُّنْيَا جَمِيعَهَا

(الفتاوى الهندية ١/١٣٩)

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Mufti Muhammed Saeed Motara Saheb D.B.
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