Qasr (shortening prayers) Initially, when Islam was renewed to Rasool (s.a.w), there was no Salah (prayer) for nearly 10 years, the people who accepted Islam did not pray. Prayer was prescribed for the Muslims only during Mihraj that Rasool (s.a.w) undertook. When Rasool (s.a.w) and his Ummah were ordered to pray 5 times a day, the Fard prayer was just 2 rakayats; later, the travelling prayer was kept as 2 rakayats and the prayer at home or Masjid was increased to 4 and 3. Once when Rasool (s.a.w) travelled in Ramadan from Madina to Mecca, it so happened that he broke his fast and prayed Qasr 2 rakayats instead of 4 but Maghrib, he prayed 3 rakayats and also made Jammu (combining prayers). He combined Dhur and Asr prayers with one Adhaan and 2 Iqama; he also combined the Maghrib prayer of 3 rakayats, with Isha prayer of 2 rakaayat with one Adhaan and 2 separate Iqamas, one for Maghrib prayer and one for Isha prayer. Aisha (RA) came to him after nearly 19 days of his camping at Mecca, where throughout this period he prayed Qasr and did jammu, and Aisha (RA) said to him; “Ya Rasoolullah(s.a.w), you broke your fast but I kept fasting, you prayed Qasr, but I prayed in full, you made jammu (combined prayers) but I prayed separately; Rasool (s.a.w) said; “No problem Aisha; Allah has given us a sadaqa, if you accept it, Allah is pleased with you.” Also, there are a lot of confusion as to the number of miles or kilometers you can travel to avail this Qasr and jammu but Rasool (s.a.w), the shortest travel he made and prayed Qasr and jammu is one farsakh which is five and a half kilometers but his five and a half kilometers is from the boundary of the place that you are living in i.e.: from your locality. There is a much stronger hadees which says Rasool (s.a.w) prayed Qasr and jammu when he travelled 3 farsakhs which is sixteen and a half kilometers to our calculation.
Posted on: Sun, 23 Jun 2013 15:22:34 +0000
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