QUESTION:
If a traveller is going from hometown A to town B and back again on the same day, and the distance between these towns is less that the distance of qasr but more than half of qasr (such that a round-trip would amount to over the distance of qasr), would he be considered a musafir for the purpose of his salah?
ANSWER:
وَإِذَا ضَرَبْتُمْ فِي الْأَرْضِ فَلَيْسَ عَلَيْكُمْ جُنَاحٌ أَن تَقْصُرُوا مِنَ الصَّلَاة
“And when you travel throughout the land, there is no blame upon you for shortening the prayer…”
[Surah Nisa 4:101]
No. He would not be considered as a traveller as according to Islāmic Jurisprudence, an individual is considered to be a traveller who leaves point A with an intention to travel a distance of 57.5 miles to point B with the conditions that it is an uninterrupted journey along with being less than fifteen days. Since the journey from A to B is less than 57.5 miles it does not meet the conditions of Qasr.
Allāh knows best.
Answered by Shaykh Naveed Jameel ash-Shaami
Also see:
[Q-ID0035] What if I don’t shorten my prayer (qasr) as a traveller?
[Q-ID0660] Traveller scenario [3]: I am travelling to Pakistan, do I shorten my prayers?
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