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Qasr Time - Why 2 Rakat??

Asalamualikum People, Today morning I was looking for Qasr Namaz (Salah) as I will traveling to Bangalore during the Day. (Bad time to travel - as the buses wont wait for any salah - Hope insha ALLAH i dont miss any). But few days back I found some info on the net, which said its OK to pray " 4 rakat " even if you are traveling that is if you have time. But today I found the following and I want you to think about this. 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 ) Also , Hadrat Abdullah ibn Umar says: " I have travelled in company with the holy Prophet, A...

Qasr - Shortening the Prayer during a Journey

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." (...

Salah: Life’s Forgotten Purpose on SuhaibWebb.com by Yasmin Mogahed

Man has taken many journeys throughout time. But there is one journey that nobody has ever taken. Nobody—except one. On a vehicle no man has ever ridden, through a path no soul has ever seen. To a place no creation has ever before set foot. It was the journey of one man to meet the Divine. It was the journey of Muhammad, prophet of God, to the highest heaven. It was al Israa wal Miraaj (the magnificent journey). On that journey Allah took his beloved prophet to the seventh heaven—a place not even angel Gibreel could enter. In the Prophet’s mission on earth, every instruction, every commandment was sent down through angel Gibreel. But, there was one commandment that was not. There was one commandment so important, that rather than sending angel Gibreel down with it, Allah brought the Prophet up to Himself. That commandment was salah (prayer). When the Prophet was first given the command to pray, it was to be fifty times in a day. After asking Allah to make it easier, the comma...