Making Itmaam during Safr

QUESTION:

Can a Musaafir read full four Rakaats whilst travelling? If one has been doing so, is his Salaah valid?

ANSWER:

1. Yes, it is necessary for the Musaafir to make Qasr if he had undertaken a journey of 77 kilometres or more. Intentionally making Itmaam during Safr (instead of Qasr) is Makrooh-e-Tahreemi, which renders one sinful.

Re-: Fatawaa Darul Uloom Zakariyya Vol.2 Pg. 648

2. If one had been making Itmaam previously, then one’s Fardh will be fulfilled, as long as one sat for the first Qa’dah (in a four Rakaat Salaah). However, one is required to repeat the Salaah during the Salaah time only. Once the Salaah time elapses, the Salaah will be valid with abhorrence.

فلو أتم مسافر إن قعد في القعدة الأولى تم فرضه و لكنه أساء لو عامدا لتأخير السلام وترك واجب القصر وواجب تكبيرة افتتاح النفل وخلط النفل بالفرض، وهذا لا يحل كما حرره القهستاني بعد أن فسر أساء بأثم واستحق النار فعلم أن الإساءة هنا كراهة التحريم (الدر المختار و حاشية ابن عابدين 2/128)

والقصر عزيمة عندنا فإذا أتم الرباعية وقعد القعود الأول صحت صلاته مع الكراهة (مراقي الفلاح 5/171)

  ALLAH TA’ALA ALONE IN HIS INFINITE KNOWLEDGE KNOWS BEST!

ANSWERED BY:

Maulana Abdul Kader Fazlani

Date:- 18 Dhul Hijjah 1444 / 07 July 2023

CHECKED AND APPROVED BY:-

Mufti Mohammed Desai Saheb