Tell me is there any option or term called as "kasr" namaz in Islam.
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I am
connected to your website since a long time. actuallly since last so many days
i am confused regarding one question for prayers.
I need
to seek right guidance from your side is that right now i am leaving in East
Afrcia and my workplace and my residence is quite far from the mosque something
around 1 hour journey in taxi.
Now as
the holy month of ramazan is approaching so i had decided to pray as much time
as in mosque. now first of all tell me is there any option or term called as
"kasr" namaz in Islam. Because when i communicated with one of my
bohri community imam he told me that as u are not residing with in the same
city where the mosque is so u cannot pray the full prayers for the "zohar,
ashar and Isha" prayers or all those salat which is having 4 rakats to
pray. he told me that for the "zohar, ashar and Isha" prayers u are
liable to pray "kasr" salat. because u are living outside the city.
he told me that U are liable only to pray 2 rakats with the imam for the
zohar,ashar and Isha prayers. I want to know that is it true ? or is there any
such provision in Islam called as " kasr namaz " Please guide me with
the true information on this topic as holy month of ramazan is approaching and
i want to clear this confusion before it.
And my
another question is also similar to this one. He also told me that even you
cannot do fasting of Ramazan when u r travelling. He even told me that as u r
living in a different city and if u want to come to mosque which is there in
another city u cannot do the fasting. And if u had decided to do the fasting of
ramazan u cannot travel outside the boundaries of your city.
Dear
Brother i dont understand what is this case in Islam ? what that imam told me
is it true ? Is there any such provisions in Islam ? and if yes, then i want to
know what it makes a diffrence to one`s faith and belief in allah and his
religion (that is in namaz and roza ) whether he is in one city or another city
? whether he travells to one city or the other city ?
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Prayer and fasting in ramadan qasr
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Your Question: now
first of all tell me is there any option or term called as "kasr"
namaz in Islam.
Allah Says in the Holy Quran Chapter 4 Surah
Nisaa verses 101-102:
101 When ye travel through the earth there is no blame on you if ye
shorten your prayers.
Dear and Beloved Brother in Islam, to make the observance
of the deen easy, the Lord Most Merciful has permitted the believers, men and
women, to shorten their prayers when they are on travel as stated in the above
Verse of Surah Nisaa.
There are several authentic narrations that the Messenger
of Allah (saws) would shorten his prayers whenever he was on a journey. According to authentic tradition the Prophet
(saws) did not stay out of Madinah for a period longer than 20 days at any one
stretch where he (saws) did indeed shorten his prayers, the eminent scholars
and jurists in Islam have differed on exactly how many days one may offer
shortened prayers when one is on a journey, depending on which hadith they use
as their evidence.
Some of the scholars have said four days, while others
have allowed ten, fourteen, nineteen or twenty days, while others have said
even said six months and others have said that regardless of the time, as long
as one has no intention to settle down in that place, he may shorten his
prayers as long as he does not return to his place of residence! Each of the eminent scholars have given their
evidence from the Sunnah or tradition of the Messenger of Allah (saws) and of
his noble companions, thus regardless of which school of thought one prefers
over the other, as long as one has evidence from the Sunnah, it would be deemed
acceptable in Shariah.
Aishah says: "One who does not put down
his provision is to shorten the salah."
Ibn al-Mundhir states in his Ishraf:
"The people of knowledge are in agreement that a traveler may perform ‘qasr’
(shortened) prayers as long as he does not intend to stay (permanently) in a
place.’
Your Question: Because
when i communicated with one of my bohri community imam he told me that as u
are not residing with in the same city where the mosque is so u cannot pray the
full prayers for the "zohar, ashar and Isha" prayers or all those
salat which is having 4 rakats to pray. he told me that for the "zohar,
ashar and Isha" prayers u are liable to pray "kasr" salat.
because u are living outside the city. he told me that U are liable only to
pray 2 rakats with the imam for the zohar,ashar and Isha prayers. I want to
know that is it true ?
Dear and beloved brother in Islam, Allah Subhanah, in His
Infinite Mercy towards His believing slaves, has given the option to a believer
that if he is traveling, he has the option of praying ‘qasr’ or shortened
prayers.
I am not entirely sure regarding the advice given to you
by the ‘bohra community imam’….for I fail to understand how is it possible for
one to join an existing congregation in a mosque who are obviously praying full
prayers, and one amongst the believers behind the ‘imam’ only offers 2-rakahs
of ‘qasr’ prayers????
If as you said, the mosque is an hours journey from your
house, and you intend to return back to your house after the prayers…..then
brother, you are not entitled to offer ‘qasr’ prayers anyways……
Your Question: He
also told me that even you cannot do fasting of Ramazan when u r travelling.
Allah says in the Holy
Quran Chapter 2 Surah Baqarah verse 185 (part):
… Therefore from now
on, whosoever witnesses it (the month of Ramadan), it is obligatory on him to
fast the whole month. But if one be ill,
or on a journey, he should make up the same number by fasting on other
days. Allah desires to show leniency to
you, and does not desire to show any hardship……
Sahih Muslim Hadith 2487 Narrated b yAisha
Hamzah ibn Amr al-Aslami asked the Messenger
of Allah (peace be upon him) about fasting on a journey, and he (the Prophet
(saws)) said: ‘Fast if you like and break it if you like.’
If one happens to travel in the month of Ramadan, one has
the option of keeping the fast when traveling, or leaving it if he believes it
would be too much of a hardship and thus then make-up the fast at a later date.
Your Question: then
i want to know what it makes a diffrence to one`s faith and belief in allah and
his religion (that is in namaz and roza ) whether he is in one city or another
city ? whether he travells to one city or the other city ?
Allah Says in the Holy Quran Chapter 20 Surah
Ta-Ha verse 6:
6 To Him (Allah) belongs what is in the heavens and on earth; and
everything that is between them; and all that is beneath the soil!
Dear and beloved brother in Islam, to Allah belongs
everything that is in the heavens and the earth; and regardless of where a
slave of Allah happens to reside or travel in the Universe, he should fear His
Lord Creator, and remain subservient and obedient to his Lord wheresoever he
might be or go!
Allah Subhanah has Commanded and made it absolutely
obligatory upon those who sincerely believe in Him that they should offer their
five obligatory prayers every day, and fast the whole month of Ramadan. But in His Infinite Mercy and Grace, and to
make the following of His Deen easier for His slaves, the Lord Most Merciful
has made a concession to those who are on a journey that if they wish, they may
shorten their prayers; and if one happens to travel in the month of Ramadan and
believes his journey would not cause him too much hardship, he may keep his fast….and
if he believes that the journey would make fasting difficult for him, he may
leave the fast and make it up at a later date.
Thus the decision to observe one’s fast while traveling in the month of
Ramadan or leave it, is entirely upto the believer.
Whatever written of Truth and benefit is only due to
Allah’s Assistance and Guidance, and whatever of error is of me alone. Allah Alone Knows Best and He is the Only
Source of Strength.
Your brother and
well wisher in Islam,
Burhan
Wister