Is it permissible to join two salaats (like Duhr with Asr, and Magrib with Isha) when a person is travelling? Do any of the Madhabs allows this?
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Is it permissible to join two salaats (like Duhr with Asr, and Magrib with Isha) when a person is travelling? Do any of the Madhabs allows this?
Answer
A Musaafir (traveller as termed by Shari'ah) must perform Qasr Salaat once he/she sets out on a journey of three Manzils (88.864 km). 48 Shar'ee miles, approximately 54 English miles or more and intends staying at any particular place for less than 15 days.
Qasr, the reduction of two Rakaats from four Rakaats Fardh Salaat is compulsory. If the Musaafir is a Muqtadi and the Imaam is a Muqeem (i.e. non-Musaafir), he (the Musaafir) will follow the Imaam and perform the four Rakaats in full. Except for the abovementioned example, Qasr will inevitably have to be carried out whether a person is familiar or not with a certain locality.
According to the Hanafi Madhab, it is not permissible for a traveller to combine two Salaats in one time. Every Salaat must be performed timeously.
and Allah Ta'ala Knows Best
Mufti Ebrahim Desai
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