Salat-ul-Musafir is the shortened prayer that travelling Muslims can perform. It allows travellers to shorten prayers from 4 to 2 rak'ahs and combine certain obligatory prayers, such as combining Dhuhr and 'Asr, and Maghrib and Isha'. Only the four rak'ah prayers of Dhuhr, 'Asr, and Isha' can be shortened. To be considered a traveller allowing these practices, one must be at least 80 km from their home. The document provides examples of the niyyah for shortened and combined prayers.
2. What is Salat-ul-Musafir?
Allah makes worshipping easy for
travelling Muslims. During travel, Allah
allows the travellers to shorten and combine
their prayers. This is Salat-ul-Musafir, which
means The Travellers Prayer, and is
sometimes called Salat-ul-Qasr, which means
The Shortened Prayer.
3. Rules and Guidelines on Praying Salat-ul-
Musafir
Do NOT shorten Maghrib and Fajr.
Combinations are like this
Do NOT combine the prayers in any other
combinations that differ from the table on the right
Do NOT miss Thuhr, Asr, and Maghrib, and then pray
them altogether in Ishaa. It doesnt work like that.
You may not shorten or combine Fajr with any other
prayers.
To be become a musafir, you have to be at least about
80 km from your home.
Prayer Normal
During
Travel
Fajr 2 2
Thuhr 4 2
Asr 4 2
Maghrib 3 3
Ishaa 4 2
4. What is Qasr?
The definition of Qasr is
shortening the prayer. Only the
four rakaat prayers can be
shortened. That means that we
can only shorten Thuhr, Asr, and
Ishaa, but not Fajr or Maghrib.
5. What is Jamaa?
Jamaa is combining two Fard prayers
into one prayer time with the certain
conditions. Jamaa can only be done in the
pair of prayers it is placed in. The pairs are:
Thuhr and Asr, and Maghrib and Ishaa. The
Fajr prayer cannot be combined with any
other prayers.