Time period for which a traveller may stop in a town (during his journey) and yet curtail his prayers
Time period for which a traveller may stop in a town (during his journey) and yet curtail his prayers
Book:
The Book of Prayer - كتاب الصلاة.
Chapter:
Prayers during Journey
Section:
Curtailing Prayers while Traveling
Topic/Issue:
1705 - Time period for which a traveller may stop in a town (during his journey) and yet curtail his prayers --
Opinions:
Opinion From
Opinion
Explanation
Imam Malik,Imam Shafi
If the traveller
decides to stay for four days he is to offer complete prayers
They argued for their opinion on the basis of the report "that the
Prophet (Gods peace and blessings be upon him) stayed at Makka for three
days and curtailed his prayer during his umra
Milikites said that the fifteen days for which the Prophet (Gods peace and blessings be upon him) stayed after the conquest of Makka, he did
so while constantly intending that he would not stay more than four days.
Imam Abu Hanifa
If he decides to stay for a
period of fifteen days he is to offer complete prayer
Based their opinion on the basis of the report that he
(the Prophet) stayed at Makka and curtailed his prayers. This he did for about
fifteen days in some versions, while it is also narrated (variously) as seventeen
days, eighteen days, or nineteen days
Imam Ahmad
If he decides to stay for more than four days he is
to offer complete prayers.
They argued on the basis of
the stay of the Prophet (Gods peace and blessings be upon him) at Makka for
his bail during which he offered curtailed prayers for four days
Disagreement Reasons:
The reason for disagreement arises from the fact that the matter is not
expressly stated in the law, and using analogy for such prescription is deemed
weak by all. All of them therefore strived to argue for their opinion on the
basis of the reported circumstances in which the Prophet (Gods peace and
blessings be upon him) continued to curtail prayers while he stopped on the way or he continued to treat prayers with the hukm of a traveller.