Safar

Q: Due to travelling by bus for lengthy hours, can a Hanafi read his Asr after Zohr in the time of Zohr if he knows for certain that the bus stops occasionally for 2 mins only (which is insufficient time to perform salaah) & the next lengthy stop will be after maghrib. There is no place to stand & read salaah on the bus, there is place to sit. If Yes, he can perform the Asr early, then can he make jamaat in Zohr time with other passengers who are in the same position as him? & now, suppose the bus suddenly stops for 10 mins during Asr time (which is sufficient to read Farz of Asr), does the Asr performed earlier on during Zohr time become null & void?

Q: If a musaafir mistakenly reads four rakaats as Imaam of Zohr, should all repeat the salaah? What if he reads four rakaats intentionally?

Q: I travelled from Durban to Estcourt with the intention of staying 5 days. Today is it the fourth day. However, now I wish to stay another 12 days here in Estcourt. Am I a musafir here in Estcourt?

Q: I live in Durban, Overport. The other day I travelled to king shaka airport to fetch someone. From there we went to Pietermaritzburg. Was I a musaafir in Pietermaritzburg?

Q: I stay in Raisethorpe. One day I decided to travel musaafir distance, so I left my home, and 1st stopped at east street musjid in town, read 2 rakaats fardh of zuhr and got onto the highway, I did this because I was no more in raisethorpe, I was in town. Is this permissible?

Q: If a person lives in Pietermaritzburg and he travels to king shaka airport, will this be musaafir distance?

Q: I'll go through an example: Anas is 23 years old, not married yet. He lives with his parents in Durban. He is hired by a company in Johannesburg. So from Monday to Friday he is in Jo'burg for his job. From Friday night to Sunday he goes back to Durban. So my question is: Where is Anas musafir, in Durban or Jo'burg?

Q: If I travel from Isipingo Beach intending to leave my wife in umzinto and then go to clairwood to join jamaat and stay for two days, am I musaafir? Note total distance covered will be approx. 120km but net distance from origin to destination is 20km.

Q: I had a house in my home country (Country A), then moved to another country (Country B) for a long period, but kept my house in Country A. After a while I decided to leave country B and move to a third country (Country C). I left country B permanently, but before going to Country C, I went back to visit my house in Country A, intending to stay there less than 15 days. At this point I didn't have any home apart from my house in Country A, but I, as mentioned, intended to leave soon, and find a place to stay in Country C. My question is: should I have shortened my prayers during the visit of my house in Country A?

Q: Please advise if temporary mahram is allowed. I.e. wife is accompanied by her brother-in-law on a 12 hour flight. Is this permissible in Islam? Wife is in hijaab.