Safar

Q: I have got a question and I need an Islamic advice about it. I got married in England to my cousin 4 years ago and I'm originally from Pakistan. We had some problems in our marriage and my my husband said to me to go Pakistan then I came Pakistan 2 months ago and he divorced me on phone. Now my question is am I allowed to go back to England as I have 6 sisters and no brother. I want to help my dad financially because he have to pay debt of my in laws. I'm 24 years old and I can stay there with my friend whose husband divorced her and she is living alone.

Q: Is it ok to let my wife accompanied by my three sons, the oldest age is 5 years old, to take taxi as transport to some places where it's quite far and there is a need to go there. The issue is because the driver is non mahram male and I can't accompany my wife because I'm working in the office in the daytime. She can use public buses but a little bit troublesome because she has to take care of the baby trolley and sometimes no seat available?

Q: If one want to travel to a city 150 kilometers away from the city I am living and I want to stay 20 days in that city. Do I have to make qasr during travel (i.e. when I leave my city until I reach the city where I am travelling to) but once I have entered the city I must pray again full?

Q: If a person lives in Durban and travels to Pietermaritzburg is he or she a musafir? What criteria should be followed?

Q: What is the Safar Distance limit?

Q: From where to where will you start and end the calculation? I live in Durban?

Q: If a person intended to travel to a certain town and thinking it to be safr he makes intention of safr. However when he reaches there he notices that the distance is less than safr. Will he still be a musaafir?

Q: If a person intended to travel from his hometown to a specific town. However he did not make intention of safr when he left. When he arrives at this town he notices that he had exceeded the safr distance. Would he be a musaafir?

Q: When one is travelling (i.e. a Musaafir), I understand that the Farz of Zuhr, Asr and Esha is reduced to 2 Rakaats. Does one have concession to omit the Sunnat Rakaats, meaning that for Zuhr does one read 4 Sunnat, 2 Farz, 2 Sunnat or should one just read 2 Farz of Zuhr?

Q: I live in PMB. I am currently on audit at Laysmith, and spend Monday to Friday in Ladysmith. I do not go home (PMB) during weekends, but go to a house in Durban. I intend continuing like this for the next month or two. The distance from my home to the Durban house is about 80KM, but from boundary to boundary would probably be less than 77Km. From PMB to Ladysmith is about 170KM.

During the weekends, whilst returning from Ladysmith, I bypass my home in PMB. I sometimes stop here temporarily; to collect items, visit my parents, drop off stuff etc, or even for Namaaz; and then proceed to Durban.

Am I a Musafir in:

• Durban,
• Ladysmith, and
• Pietermaritzburg.