Question
I live on the border of a country. A Musjid about a kilometre away is across the border in the other country. If I happen to go to that Musjid in the other country should I perform Qasar Salaat? Will I be a musaafir? And, will it be permissible for me, a Hanafi, to lead the Shaafi musallis of that Musjid for Asr Salaat when it is still Zuhr time for Hanafis?
Answer
You will not be a musaafir in view of the distance not being musaafat-e-qasr (77 km). Irrespective of the other country to which you go, you remain a muqeem (a non-musaafir) since the intention is not to travel 77 km or more.
Being a Hanafi it is not permissible for you to lead the Asr Salaat in Zuhr time even if the majority of the musallis are Shaafi'. A Shaafi' will have to conduct the Salaat.
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- The Majlis Vol 20 No 06
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