Question
When a women in the state of haidh is on a journey should she perform full Salaat on attaining purity? I have always understood this to be so. However, recently I was informed that she has to perform Qasar Salaat, and that the view of full Salaat is not valid. Please comment.
Answer
If a haaidhah (a woman in the state of haidh) becomes paak (attains purity) on the journey, then for the purpose of Salaat, her safar (journey) will begin from the place where she became paak. If from this point she travels 77 km or more, then she has to make qasr. If the distance from the point of purity to her destination is less than 77 km, then she has to perform Salaat in full. Then when she leaves her destination for a journey of 77 km or more, then she becomes a musaafir and will perform qasr.
This is the Fatwa of the Hanafi Math-hab - of all our senior Ulama. However, there is another view which is currently the subject of controversy and research. We are not in agreement with the other view which has been issued by Karachi Darul Uloom. If Allah Ta'ala permits, we shall discuss this mas'alah in greater detail.
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- themajlis.co.za
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- The Majlis Vol 24 No 05
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- 3
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