Safar

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. 

Q: Can the wife & child travel alone to her home without any mahram on the plane for a distance more than the 100km?

Q: Please inform me of the punishment if a women travels without a mahram.

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?