Deciding in the Middle of the Prayer to Stay There for Ten Days or More
Issue No. 1174- If a traveller starts offering prayer with the intention of offering qaṣr prayer and then decides in the middle of the prayer that he would stay there for ten days or more, he should complete the prayer in four rak‘ats. On the contrary, if he, who has decided to stay at a place for ten days, changes his mind while offering a four rak‘at prayer and has not yet started the third rak‘at, he should complete the prayer with two rak‘ats and shorten his succeeding prayers. But if he has gone into the rukū‘ of the third rak‘at, his prayer is void, and he should shorten his prayer as long as he is there.
