Fatwa: # 22857
Category: Misc. Fiqh
Country: Micronesia
Date: 19th October 2012

Title

If a person travels with the intention of committing Haram, will the rulings of safar (travelling) be applicable to him?

Question

In the Hanafi madhhab, someone travelling for an impermissible reason (robbery, killing innocent, gambling, fornication) must still shorten their prayers as long as they are considered travelers?

Answer

In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.

As-salāmu ‘alaykum wa-rahmatullāhi wa-barakātuh.

If a person has the intention of travelling more than 48 miles for less than 15 days, he will be considered a musaafir (traveler) regardless of his intention for travelling.

If a person travels with the intention of committing something Haram, he will be considered a traveler and will make Qasr (shortening the Salahs) in his journey. [1]

 

And Allah Ta’āla Knows Best

Abdul Hannan Nizami,
Student Darul Iftaa
Chicago, USA

Concurred by,

Moulana Abdul Azim bin Abdur Rahman

Moulana Ismail Desai

 


[1] والعاصي والمطيع في سفرهما في الرخصة سواء (الهداية في شرح بداية المبتدي، ج1ص81، دار احياء التراث العربي)

 (قَوْلُهُ وَالْعَاصِي كَغَيْرِهِ) أَيْ فِي التَّرَخُّصِ بِرُخَصِ الْمُسَافِرِ لِإِطْلَاقِ النُّصُوصِ (البحر الرائق شرح كنز الدقائق، ج2ص149، دار الكتاب الإسلامي)

قال علمائنا رحمهم الله: القصر ثابت في حق كل مسافر سفر الطاعة وسفر المعصية في ذلك سواء (المحيط البرهاني في الفقه النعماني ج2ص24، دار الكتب العلمية)

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