Issue No.1137- If the travel is not haram but a person travels on a usurped means of transport, or travels on a usurped land, he should, as an obligatory precaution, offer both four rak‘at and two rak‘at prayers.
Issue No.1138- If a person is travelling with an oppressor and his journey is counted as a source of help to the oppressor, his journey is haram and he should offer complete prayer. However, if he is forced to accompany him or he accompanies the oppressor for a more important purpose, like saving the life of an oppressed, in such a case, he should offer qaṣr prayer.
Issue No.1139- Travelling with the intention of recreation and refreshment is permissible and one should offer qaṣr prayer, as long as it does not involve impermissible extravagance or other haram acts.
Issue No.1140- If a person goes out for hunting to earn his livelihood or even to increase his wealth, his journey is permissible and he should offer qaṣr prayer. However, if he goes out hunting for leisure and recreation alone, his journey is haram and he should offer complete prayer.
Issue No.1141- If a person who is returning from a haram journey has repented [to Allah (swt)] he should shorten his prayer if the return journey covers eight farsakhs or more. The same ruling applies if he has not repented, yet he is not sinning anymore on his return, in this case, he should offer qaṣr prayer.
Issue No.1142- If a person who is travelling for a haram purpose abandons the idea during his journey and if the remaining distance is eight farsakhs or more, or the outward and return distance totals eight farsakhs, he should shorten his prayer. On the contrary, if a person, who has not started the journey for a haram purpose, but later he changes his mind and continues the journey with that [haram] purpose, he should offer complete prayer. However, the prayers he already has performed are valid.
Issue No.1144- If a nomad travels for ḥajj, trade or any other journey, which is not a part of his routine life, he should shorten his prayer.
Issue No.1146- If a person whose profession is not travelling, but travelling is a preliminary act to his profession, like teachers, labourers, and employees who are residents of a town but they have to leave their town to another place, provided that the distance of the outward and return journey together totals eight farsakhs or more, they should offer complete prayer and offer fast but, in the beginning of their job they should as a recommended precaution offer both complete and qaṣr prayer for two or three days.
Issue No.1147- If a person whose profession is travelling, travels for another purpose, e.g., for ḥajj and Zīyārat (pilgrimage), etc., he should, like other travellers, shorten his prayer. However, if the driver hires out his vehicle for pilgrimage, and at the same time performs pilgrimage himself as well, he should offer complete prayer.
Issue No.1149- A person whose job for a part of the year is travelling, e.g., a driver who drives during winter or summer, should offer complete prayer during his journeys.
Issue No.1148- Ḥajj guides, caravan leaders and executives in charge of ḥajj groups etc. should offer complete prayer, provided that travelling is counted as a part of their job or a preliminary to their profession and this lasts for a considerable period of time [like several months].
Issue No.1151- If a person whose profession is travelling, stays in a place for ten days or more, [irrespective of whether that place is his hometown or not, and whether he has intended to stay there for ten days from the very outset or not] he should perform qaṣr prayer during his first journey following his stop. However, if he doubts whether he had stayed for ten days or not, he should offer complete prayer.
