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A Niyyat (Intention) Of Travelling Being A Requirement To Become A Musaafir

· 5 Dhuʻl-Qiʻdah 1446 AH1 min readEnglish

Question

Does a person become a Musafir by merely leaving the boundaries of the area he resides in, or must he intend to travel the Sharee Safar distance in order to become a Musafir?

Answer

A person who leaves the boundaries of his city (even if it be وطن اقامة – a place a person intends to stay for 15 days or more) intending to travel the distance of Shar’i Safar (78 km) or more will be classified as a Musaafir.

It is necessary for a person to make an intention of Safar, just merely leaving the city boundary without intending Safar will not classify a person as a Musaafir.

References (Arabic / Urdu sources)

تنوير الأبصار : من خرج من عمارة موضع إقامته قاصدا مسيرة ثلاثة أيام ولياليها … إلخ

رد المحتار: (قوله قاصدا أشار به مع قوله خرج إلى أنه لو خرج ولم يقصد أو قصد ولم يخرج لا يكون مسافرا ح.

(رد المحتار) ج ۲ ص ۱۲۲ (باب صلاة المسافر) (ط: سعيد)

السفر الذي تتغير به الأحكام) : كقصر الصلاة، وإباحة الفطر، وامتداد مدة المسح وسقوط الجمعة والعيدين والأضحية وحرمة خروج المرأة بغير محرم أن يقصد الإنسان موضعاً بينه) : أي بين القاصد وبين مقصده مسيرة ثلاثة أيام ولياليها من أقصر أيام السنة بسير الإبل ومشي الأقدام). –

(اللباب في شرح الكتاب) ج ١ ص ۱۰۵ باب صلاة المسافر) (ط: المكتبة العلمية)

سفر شرعی کی نیت سے اپنے گاؤں سے باہر نکلتے ہی قصر کا حکم لگ جاتا ہے … الخ

( فتاوی قاسمیہ ) ج ۸ ص ۵۸۵ ( باب صلاة المسافر )

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