Q:
1. A woman travels unaccompanied from her house to get to her mother's house (25km away) then travels to another area (56km away from her mother's house and about 31km from her house) for a total of 81km on the same day. She passes the locality her house is in on the way without entering it (her house is about 1km from the highway). Has she travelled safr distance?
2. If the total distance to the third area is less than safr distance (for example 60km) and she then travels back to her mother's house and then the total is safr distance, would she be considered to have travelled safr distance?
3. If when leaving her house to go to her mother's house she didn't know she would travel further, would it still count as safr distance?
4. If she is staying at her mother's house for some time, is she allowed to travel distances around her mother's house if it eventually adds up to safr distance? How long would she have to be staying at her mother's house for this to be allowed, if Mufti Sahib can provide a detailed answer on how this works.
A:
1. When leaving her house, if she intends to travel to her mother's house and then to the other area, she will be a musaafir as the total distance which she will be traveling is 81 km (i.e. more than the safar distance). Hence, it is compulsory upon her to travel with her mahram. If she travels alone, she will be sinful.
2/3. When leaving her house, if she knew that she will be traveling the entire distance, then she will be a musaafir. If she did not know, she will not be a musaafir.
4. If she only intends going to her mother's house and at the time of leaving her house, she does not intend to travel anywhere else, then she will not be a musaafir at her mother's house. Hence, wherever she goes after that, she will not add the distances of all these places.
And Allah Ta'ala (الله تعالى) knows best.
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