Relocation And The Qasar Salah
Q. Family 'A'
(father, mother and 2 major married sons) had lived permanently in Durban.
The members of the family were born in Durban. They had grown up in Durban
and had always regarded Durban as their permanent home. About 8 years
ago, family 'A' moved Ladysmith, a town about 150 miles away from Durban.
They settled in Ladysmith primarily for business reasons they had relocated
their manufacturing plant from Durban to Ladysmith in order to take advantage
of certain Government benefits and concessions arising out of such relocation
of their business. The family still owns a home and other property in
Durban and still runs an Office in Durban. The third son is residing in
Durban with his family and the brothers and sisters of the parents and
their respective family units all reside permanently in Durban. Family
'A' wants to know :
a) Whether or not Family 'A' should perform QASR SALAH or full
salah in Durban;
b) Whether or not Family 'A' should perform full salah or QASR
SALAH in Ladysmith.
(M.S.Umar,Durban)
A. If the family 'A' has gone to Ladysmith with the intention to
settle there for good and has no intention to come back to Durban as its
permanent residing place, its wattan has shifted from Durban to Ladysmith
and he will perform the full Salah in Ladysmith while he will enjoy the
concession of Qasr Salah Whenever he travels to Durban for less than 14
days. If he has left one of his sons living in Durban with his family,
it makes no difference in this case, nor can permanent residing of his
uncles or nephews in Durban disturb this position. However, if the family
'A' has gone to Ladysmith only to carry on its business with no intention
to settle there for ever, then his watan has not shifted from Durban and
all the family members will have to perform full Salah in Durban whenever
they go there.
One can also have two watans simultaneously but it is a situation where
one has some of his dependent family members in one place and some of
them in another, and in both the places he has his own hous to live and
holds each of the two places as his permanent residing places are his
watan and he has to perform full Salah in each of the two places. But
in the situation mentioned in your question, if family 'A' has settled
in Ladysmith for ever with all its dependent family members, this principle
will not be applicable, because they have not left any of their dependent
members in Durban. The son who is residing in Durban with his family is
not a dependent member of this family; therefore it does not make any
difference.
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