Safar

Q: If someone goes for studies to a place which is around 400 km away from her place of residence, then when she comes back home she will read qasr namaz or normal namaz?

Q: We had a tashkeel of 17 days in Karachi. When we reached the railway station for Lahore we offered four rakaats of asr before the train left from the station. Is it done or we should perform two rakaats?

Q: Can a wife travel, say from South Africa to India , with two minor kids, without any mahram?

Q: Can a young woman with a small breast feeding child travel for a long distance alone with her father in-law?

Q: In beheshti zewar, in the chapter of salaah on a journey, mention is made that if the azaan from one place cannot be heard in another place, then they are regarded as two places, for the purpose of the musafir if he spends 10 days in each place, he would still be a musafir. Does this still apply today when determining where are boundaries? Or does one look at the municipal boundaries between suburbs and localities?

Q: I am required to travel to work over 150 km a day monday to friday for two months. I have no intention of staying at that location. Am I considered a musaafir and what is the ruling for jummah. The masjids are extremely far from work approximatly 35km as I am based at a construction site. If I am a musaafir, is it incorrect to read the full salaah?

Q: If a person is a musaafir, eg on jamaat

1) If moving from masjid to masjid in one locality, and will stay in that locality for more than 15 days, does he become muqeem?

2) If he continuously leaves out the sunnats whilst a musafir, eg whilst on jamaat, I know this is not correct, but does he become a sinner?

Q: When you go for umrah do you read your sunnah Salaahs in the haraam?

Q: I though I was in Qasar and performd some salaah (Not with Jamaat) 2 Rakats of asr, 3 of magrib , 2 of isha. Later I came to know that I am not in qasar. Is my prayer valid?

Q: I travelled to the city from a village which is 220 km away. I will stay here for two months. I thought I was in Qasar and offered Salaah with Jamaat in the musjid. Are my Salaahs valid?