The Creed of Compassion-Islamic Teachings & Answering Doctrinal Misconceptions

Issue No.1132- If a person commences his journey to a place, which is at a distance of eight farsakhs or more, and before reaching eight farsakhs, he hesitates whether to proceed further and stops then later decides to cover the remaining journey, he should offer qaṣr prayer. In case however, he is in the state of hesitation and continues to travel until he decides to continue the journey intended, if the remaining distance and the distance that he had covered earlier with the intention [of travelling more than eight farsakhs] sum up to eight farsakhs or more, he should offer qaṣr prayer.

Issue No.1150- If a person whose profession is driving in the city happens to travel outside the city on a journey consisting of eight farsakhs or more, he should offer qaṣr prayer. However, a person whose profession is driving both inside and outside the city should offer complete prayer when he is outside the city.

Issue No.1154- If a person has abandoned his hometown and wants to adopt another hometown, he should shorten his prayer while he is travelling, unless his travel becomes long and he is considered as a roamer.

Issue No.1155- The limit of tarakhuṣ means the point where one can no longer hear the adhān of the town and the people of the town do not see him. However, seeing or not seeing the walls of the city is not necessary, but there should not be dust nor fog or the like which prevent seeing, nor noise which prevents hearing. If either of these two signs are present, it will suffice, provided that one is not sure that the other one does not exist, otherwise one should, as an obligatory precaution, offer both complete as well as qaṣr prayer.

Issue No.1156- When it comes to cities, normal cities should be considered as the criterion. Therefore if a city is situated at a very high or a very low place, it should be treated like normal cities; meaning we should observe the distance it takes in normal cities that he would not hear the adhān or that its residents would not be able to see him.

Issue No.1157- If a person doubts whether or not he has reached the limit of tarakhuṣ, or whether the voice he hears is of adhān or not, he should offer complete prayer. In case, however, he hears the adhān but the words are not clear, he should, as an obligatory precaution, offer both complete as well as qaṣr prayer.

Issue No.1158- If a person reaches a place where the adhān of the city, which is usually pronounced from an elevated place, cannot be heard, he should shorten his prayer, although he may hear an adhān broadcast from a strong loud speaker. If a person’s eyes or ears are stronger or weaker than the usual ones, they are not the criteria; rather the criteria are normal eyes or ears.

Issue No.1159- If a person reaches the point of tarakhuṣ of his hometown (waṭan) while travelling, he should offer complete prayer there. However, if he wishes to continue his journey from there for eight farsakhs or more, he should offer qaṣr prayer once he gets to the point of tarakhuṣ.

Issue No. 1181- If staying for thirty days is not at one place, it would not be sufficient. Therefore, if, for example, he stays at a place for twenty days without intention, then he travels a few farsakhs away to another place and stays there for twenty days, he should offer qaṣr prayer.

Issue No.1161- When a person adopts a place as his residence in a way that he is no longer considered as a traveller there irrespective of whether he has the intention of living there permanently or temporarily (for example, he intends to stay there for two years or more uninterruptedly), this place is considered to be his hometown. This rule also applies to government employees and office workers who may serve every two years at a place. They should treat that place as their hometown.

Issue No. 1169- A traveller who does not intend to stay at a place for ten days but is willing to stay only [for instance] in case his friend arrives or if he finds a proper house, should shorten his prayer.

Issue No. 1171- If a traveller at first decides to stay at a place for ten days but later becomes doubtful or completely abandons this idea and it is, before offering one prayer consisting of four rak‘ats, he should shorten the prayer. However, if this occurs after one has already offered a four rak‘at prayer, he should offer complete prayer so long as he is at that place.