Is performing qasar Salaah compulsory?
Q: Is performing of qasar salaah compulsory and how many days will be considered as a musafir and distance from home?
Safar
Performing qasr Salaah while visiting Pakistan
Q: I have been working in Saudi Arabia for the past seven years. I am a citizen of Pakistan. Presently, I do not own a house in Pakistan but I do have other property. If I travel to Pakistan with the intention of staying there less than 15 days and stay at the house of my brother, do I need to do Qasr of my Salaahs or not?
From where should one begin counting the safar distance?
Q: Does a person start counting the distance for a musaafir from their suburb or town border because I was told that some ulama say it has changed to suburb?
Travelling with a mahram
Q: My mum wishes to travel to Zambia for a period exceeding 14 days. She will be staying with her friends (all woman). My mum is 67 years old. I've told her I will accompany her during her journey i.e from Johannesburg to her destination drop her off and do the same for her return journey. Please advise if this is acceptable?
Performing full Salaah after returning home
Q: If someone goes for studies to a place which is around 400 km away from her place of residence, then when she comes back home she will read qasr namaz or normal namaz?
Performing full Salaah at the railway station
Q: We had a tashkeel of 17 days in Karachi. When we reached the railway station for Lahore we offered four rakaats of asr before the train left from the station. Is it done or we should perform two rakaats?
Travelling without a mahram
Q: Can a wife travel, say from South Africa to India , with two minor kids, without any mahram?
Daughter in-law traveling alone with her father in-law
Q: Can a young woman with a small breast feeding child travel for a long distance alone with her father in-law?
How to determine the boundaries of a locality
Q: In beheshti zewar, in the chapter of salaah on a journey, mention is made that if the azaan from one place cannot be heard in another place, then they are regarded as two places, for the purpose of the musafir if he spends 10 days in each place, he would still be a musafir. Does this still apply today when determining where are boundaries? Or does one look at the municipal boundaries between suburbs and localities?
Is Jumuah salaah compulsory upon a musaafir
Q: I am required to travel to work over 150 km a day monday to friday for two months. I have no intention of staying at that location. Am I considered a musaafir and what is the ruling for jummah. The masjids are extremely far from work approximatly 35km as I am based at a construction site. If I am a musaafir, is it incorrect to read the full salaah?