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Q. If I have made Masah on my leather socks and I am a Muqeem, then before one day and one night passed, I made Safr, do I have to break my Masah on my leather socks and start again or do I continue? A. Muqeem (resident/non-Shari’ traveller) is permitted to make Masah (wipe) over… read more »
Q. Mufti. Please can you advise me. I stay in umzinto. When i travel to Durban, I am NOT Musaafir which I know. But if i go till gateway umhlanga I am Musaafir because of the distance. My question is what happens if i decide I am going to Durban and whilst I am in… read more »
Q. If a man went on journey and made intention to stay at a place for 10 days but on the 7 day, he made an intention to stay for 10 more days, 10+10=20, does he read full Salaah or short Salaah? A. In the enquired situation, if after undertaking a journey of 78kms or… read more »
Q. On the topic of being mussafir, when do you stop reading Qasr? Some people say you stop when you get to your home (which means if you stop at someone else’s home you are still mussafir even though it’s in your home boundary) or would you stop as soon as you in your home… read more »
Q. This year, Hajj has been cancelled for South Africans. 1. Does Qurbani still remain compulsory? 2. Is Qurbani only compulsory on a person if they performed Hajj previously? A. The performance/non-performance of Hajj does not affect the compulsion of Qurbani/Udhiyyah. Qurbani/Udhiyyah becomes compulsory (Waajib) on a person who fulfils the following criteria: a) Mature… read more »
Q. Does a Musaafir calculate his Safr distance from his house/doorstep or from the time he leaves his city or town? A. A traveller/Musaafir will calculate the distance of travel/Safr (78 kilometres or more) from the boundary of the city i.e. where the buildings of the town ends and not from his house or doorstep…. read more »
Q. I was travelling and I stopped half way at a garage to make Wudhu and perform Salaah. I had my leather socks on from the Morning which I had made Masah on already. Whilst I was making Wudhu, I mistakenly removed one of my leather socks and washed my foot. I didn’t know what… read more »
Q. When there are Musaafirs and non-Musaafirs together, who should lead the Salaah in Jamaat? A. If a group of Shari’ travellers (Musaafirs) and non-travellers (Muqeems) have gathered for the performance of Salaah, then it is preferred for a non-traveller amongst them to lead the others in Salaah. If however, a traveller leads them in… read more »
Q. I am a South African living in the UK. I own a house in the UK and a house in SA where my parents live. I have my belongings at both places. I travel constantly between my house in the UK and SA. If I travel from the UK to SA and stay at… read more »
Q. I just wanted to make sure, if a person made intention of going to stanger from durban for 10 days but during the stay they travelled to eshowe for 1 day and came back to stanger the same day, will a person remain a musaffir or would not because the intention was to stay… read more »