Safr related question
Question
If I travel from Isipingo Beach intending to leave my wife in umzinto and then go to clairwood to join jamaat and stay for two days, am I musaafir? Note total distance covered will be approx. 120km but net distance from origin to destination is 20km.
Answer
If you did not enter Isipingo Beach upon your return from Umzinto, you will be a musaafir.
References (Arabic / Urdu sources)
( من خرج من عمارة موضع إقامته قاصدا مسيرة ثلاثة أيام ولياليه بالسير الوسط مع الاستراحات المعتادة صلى الفرض الرباعي ركعتين) (رد المحتار على در المختار 123-2/121)
- Answered by
- Mufti Zakaria Makada
- Checked & approved by
- Mufti Ebrahim Salejee (Isipingo Beach)
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