Q: I went to Makkah Muazzama for hajj on 12 August, and stayed there till 30 August. Before traveling from my home country, I already intended that I will stay in Makkah Muazzama for more than 15 days. On 19 August, I was in Mina. Was I supposed to perform qasar salah or should I have performed full salah?
Q: I am living at Hyderabad and doing job at ghotki plant, which is 400 kms away from Hyderabad. My duty is on a rotation basis (14 days OFF) and (14 Days ON). The problem is that I live at the plant site for 15 nights (14 days complete). Can I offer qasar namaz or full?
Q: I will be travelling soon to a university to study and I will stay there for about 2 months. I will come back after 2 months to my home and stay for about a week and go back. So my question is during my 7 days at my house do I pray full or pray qasr?
Q: I traveled from Pakistan to Stretford UK where I intended to stay for less than 15 days and during these days will go for a day to Peterborough and come back and then after two days will go for two days to London and come back. Then I will move 15 miles away to Hazel Grove town and will stay there for 20 days. My question is that should I pray qasar salah or otherwise?
Q: If my watan iqaama is Karachi (temporary place of residence), and I travel to London for 20 days. From London, I have to go to South Africa for 20 days. I depart from London and have a layover in Karachi. I am in Karachi for one day before leaving for South Africa. While I am in Karachi, even if it is for a couple of hours, will I pray qasr or full? As Karachi is my place of residence, but I’m just stopping in it for a couple of hours. Please explain.
Q: How can I do ishaa prayer if I am out of my city? After two rakats, should I do salam or should I wait until others complete their Prayer?
Q: A person lives in Isipingo Beach and has been living in Isipingo for more than 20 years. He has a house and owns and runs two businesses in Ispingo. He still lives and works in Ispingo Beach for most of the year. This person bought a flat in Surat, in a street where his grandfather used to live, and passed away many many years ago. He goes to the flat once every few months and his period of stay in Surat varies from less than 14 days upto 20 days. When he is not in Surat, he gives out the flat on rent to people from South Africa who go to Surat for holiday or medical treatment. When he purchased the flat he made intention that due to it being in the area where his ancestors used to live, this will also be his house.
1. Will Surat become his وطن اصلي while Ispingo Beach remains his وطن اصلي? Thus he will have 2 وطن اصلي and he will never be a musafir when he goes to Surat.
2. Can he read full Salaah in Surat if he is only staying there for 10 days in that particular journey, because he has an intention to return to Surat for another week or two after three months and this is the home town of his ancestors (including grandparents).
Q: My wife and daughter (25 years old) want to go to visit Dubai from the UK. Is it permissible for them to travel together without a male.
Q: I moved to a city for studies (a 7 year program) but never made the intention to move there permanently. During the course of the studies I got married in the city. From then on I considered the city to be my (second) Watan al-Asli, since I thought that it automatically became my Watan al-Asli since it is my wife's Watan al-Asli, although I still had the intention to move back to my original home after the end of my studies (together with my wife). Is this correct? I.e. is it my Watan Asli due to it being my wife's watan asli, or is it not since I never intended to settle neither myself nor my wife there? If so, will it still be my wife's watan al-asli even though she intends to move away with me from the city after I finished my studies?
Q: I am a woman who lives in Canada and I need to get my passport renewed in order to go to Turkey where the rest of my family has settled. I am not financially independent so I cannot live here on my own. However the place where I need to go to get my passport renewed is over 100 km from where I live. I have no mahrams here and my father who is in Turkey is not religious and would not come to Canada just to drive me 100 km to get my passport. I can drive myself but I know that I cannot go that far without a mahram normally. In this situation can I just drive myself? If not what would you advise I do?