Safar

Q: I, my younger sister, mother, my elder sister and her husband have to travel from India to Saudi Arabia.

Can I and my sister travel with my elder sister's husband as our mahram?

Q: If one is studying in a town that is more than 77kms away from his home town, stays there from Sunday till the following Friday, then returns home on Friday and goes back on Sunday, and continues in this manner throughout the course of the semester, should he perform qasar Salaah or full Salaah?

Q: I live in the university hostel which is 150km away from my home. I go home almost every weekend and return on Monday to the hostel, that means I travel 4 times in a month. So should I pray normal or qasr namaz in the hostel?

Q: I lived in South africa for many years, then for some reason I moved to another country with my whole family. However, I still have my house in South Africa and I have the intention to come back and live in this house after a few years.

My question is that if I come to my house in South Africa for 3 days just to see if everything is alright, will I be a musaafir or not?

Q: I want to know should we calculate our stay at a particular destination once we enter the city or reach our hotel. 

Q: How can I calculate 15 days during a journey in order to know whether I need to perform qasar Salaah or full salaah. Suppose I reach a destination on 1st Dec 05:30 pm and plan to stay till 15th Dec 05:30 am.

Do I need to to take into account till 15th Dec 5:30 pm (360 hrs) as it is less than 360 I should offer Qasr even though it is 15th day ?

Q: Questions related to qasar salaah during Haj:

1. As per hanafi mazhab, if a person stays for 15 days or more in Makkah before leaving for Mina, Arafat, etc, he should perform full salah in Makkah, Mina, Arafat, Muzdalifa and back in Makkah. Is my understanding correct?

2. Once we leave our city boundaries, we will offer qasar salaah until we reach our destination. After reaching our destination we should calculate the number of days that we stay. Is this correct?

3. Should the 15 day calculation start when we start from home or once we reach our destination?

4. We had a total of 40 days stay. Aug 4th we started from home, reached Makkah on 5th around 00:00. 5th to 18th we were in Makkah. 19th before fajr we were in Mina. 19-23 were Haj days. 24th Aug to 4th Sep back in Makkah. 5th to 14th Sep in Madina. Performing Qasar is correct in all places?

Q:

1. If a person intends to stay for 15 days and perform full salah but leaves on the 14th day to a different city which is 10 miles away from the first city for 3 days and comes back to stay again in the same city for more than 10 days. Should be perform qasar salaah or full salaah in all the cities?

2. If a person intends to stay for 14 days in one city and performs qasar salaah but his stay extends by a day or two and then he leaves to a different city which is 10 miles away from the first city for 3 days and comes back to stay again in the same city for more than 10 days. Should he perform qasar salaah or full salaah in all the cities?

Q: If a person has a doubt whether he will stay for 14 or 15 days. Should he perform qasar or full salaah?

Q: For a female, once she is married and goes back to parents home for holiday, should she offer qasar or full salah if her parents home is safar distance away?