Qasr prayers during Hajj
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as salam aleicum
hope u r fine. I want
to ask one q from u.about kasr
of salah for haj. A person who
is going to perform haj form pakistan,
and he will have to stay about 25 days .so would u please explain me that
the people he will pray short (kasar)or complete (salah)in makkah& madina. some body says after 15
days there no kasar and some says there is kasar until u come back your home(after hajj) all ans must be tally with quraan
& hadith. I am very thank full to u to reply
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Answer:
Qasr prayers during Hajj
In the name of Allah, We praise
Him, seek His help and ask for His forgiveness. Whoever Allah guides none can misguide,
and whoever He allows to fall astray, none can guide them aright. We bear
witness that there is no one (no idol, no person, no grave, no prophet, no imam,
no dai,
nobody!) worthy of worship but Allah Alone, and we bear witness that
Muhammad (saws) is His slave-servant and the seal of His Messengers.
The commandment of the ‘qasr’ or shortening of prayer is from the following aayah of the Glorious Quran:
Allah says in the Holy
Quran Chapter 4 Surah Nisa verse 101:When you go on a
journey, there is no harm, if you shorten your salaat, (especially) when you fear that the
disbelievers might harass you, for the disbelievers are openly bent upon enmity
against you.
Ref: Minimum distance to start praying the ‘qasr’
prayers.
The majority of the scholars are
of the opinion that it is permissible to shorten one’s salaah
when one leaves one’s residence and is outside one’s city. Some of the scholars are also of the opinion
that the minimum distance must be 89 kilometers, and the evidence they give is
that some of the companions of the Messenger of Allah (saws) used to pray
shortened prayers if the distance they were travelling
was the distance of a camel travel for 3-days and 3-nights, and that has been
calculated to about 89 kilometers.
Ref: How much time one needs to stay in one place to pray ‘qasr’.
There is a difference of opinion
amongst the scholars of Islam on this issue, but the majority of the scholars
are of the opinion that if a person intends to stay at one place for more than
fifteen days, then he must offer full prayers.
If his intention is to stay less than fifteen days, then the prayers
must be shortened.
Thus, if a person is coming for
the Hajj pilgrimage from
But if the person prays in
congregation in the Holy Mosques, then he should follow the imam and observe
the full prayers with the imam.
Whatever written of Truth and
benefit is only due to Allah’s Assistance and Guidance, and whatever of error
is of me. Allah Alone Knows Best and He
is the Only Source of Strength.
Your Brother in Islam,
Wister