Qasr - Shortening the Prayer during a Journey by Abdul Aziz Kamal The Shari'ah has allowed the traveller to shorten his prayer while on journey, and to offer only two rak'ahs of Fard at a prayer time where one has normally to offer four rak'ahs. The Qur'an says: " When you go on a journey, there is no harm if you shorten Salat ." [Qur'an 4:101] The holy Prophet has said: "This is a favour of Allah to you, so you should accept His favour gratefully." ( Bukhari, Muslim, Tirmidhi ) Injunction Concerning Shortening the Prayer After a person has left his habitation with the intention of proceeding on journey, he should shorten his prayer, otherwise he would be committing a sin. ( 'Ilm al-Fiqh , Vol. II, p. 130, Durr al-Mukhtar , etc.) Hadrat Abdullah ibn Umar says: "I have travelled in company with the holy Prophet, Abu Bakr, Umar and Uthman, and have never seen them offering more than two rak'ahs of Fard during a journey." (...