Fatwa #273848 November 2013France
Will I become a musafir if I travel 91 kilometres and come back home once a week?
Question
I am going to work in a hospital that is 91 kilometers away from the family home, and I will stay there for 5 days a week and come back home every week-ends, for a duration of 6 months insha'Allah. The room and food will be kind of offered to me so in my mind my real home is the family house which I've been living for years.
My question is whether I will have to shorten my prayers during the 5 working days when I'm in the hospital, or should I shorten when I get back home on week-ends or I shorten no prayers ? Kindly clarify this issue for my case.
Answer
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
As-salāmu ‘alaykum wa-rahmatullāhi wa-barakātuh.
You will have to make Qasar (shorten your prayers) when you are at your work place and perform full Salah when you return home. [1]
And Allah Ta’āla Knows Best
Ismail Dawoodjee
Student Darul Iftaa
Zambia
Checked and Approved by,
Mufti Ebrahim Desai.
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اقامت نصف شهر حقيقة او حكما لما فى البزازية و غيرها لو دخل الحاج الشام و علم انه لا يخرج الا مع القافلة فى نصف شوال اتم لانه كاناوى الاقامة...بموضع...صالح لها...فيقصر ان نوى فى اقل منه...اى فى نصف الشهر(در المختار ج2 ص 125 سعيد)
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