Q: Salaah-118: Do I have to perform Qasr salaah in Hansod when I stay there for only six or seven days? Yesterday I performed Qasr salaah as an imaam in a village that lies some six to seven miles outside Hansod. Is the salaah valid or does it have to be repeated?

Answer: If Hansod is your permanent abode, you cannot perform Qasr and therefore will not perform Qasr even in the village just outside Hansod, performing Qasr there will be sinful and such a salaah needs to be repeated. If the salaah was a four Rakaah salaah, both you and the followers will have to repeat the salaah. Being the Imaam is a great responsibility and it was wrong to lead the salaah without knowing the ruling. Repent to Allaah for the error, for Allaah is Most Forgiving. And Allaah knows best what is most correct.

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