Question Summary:
Shar’ī distance of Safar.

Question Detail:

 
I was told that Qasar Salah will be applied if i am intend to travel more than 87 km.
but when i search the internet ragarding the same. some say and you have also said in the different question from a another brother that it is 77 km.
so i again asked about this from a Maulana and told him about 77 km and 87 km confusion.
He  then clarify me that according to the English mile of 48 it is 77 but mile of sharia it is different which becomes 87 km.
 
so please Explain ..

Answer :

In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
As-salāmu ‘alaykum wa-rahmatullāhi wa-barakātuh.
The actual Shar’ī distance by which a person becomes a traveller is 3 days according to the early traditional scholars.[1] This distance is in relation to the modes of travel adopted by people in the bygone times. For faster modes of land travel that prevail nowadays, ‘Ulamā have calculated the equivalent amount of miles by which a person will have to perform Qasr Salāh. This is 48 miles. However, the later ‘Ulamā have differed whether this refers to Shar’ī miles or English miles, hence the difference of 77km and 87 km.
However, majority of the ‘Ulamā nowadays take 77.8 km (78 km) as the Shar’ī distance of safar.[2]
 
And Allah Ta’āla Knows Best
Nabeel Valli
Student Darul Iftaa
Lusaka, Zambia
Checked and Approved by,
Mufti Ebrahim Desai.
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