Rafiq-ul-Haramayn - Ilyas Attar Qadri

Rafiq-ul-Haramayn 17
4. If someone makes the intention of stay but his condition indicates
that he will not be staying in Makkaĥ nor in Madīnaĥ, then his
intention is not correct. For example, he intends to perform
Hajj and makes the intention of staying in Makkaĥ whereas the
month of Żul-Ḥijjaĥ has arrived then his intention is worthless.
As he has intended to perform Hajj, he will not be staying for
15 days because he will be moving to Minā and ‘Arafāt on 8
and 9 Żul-Ḥijjaĥ respectively. How is it possible for him to stay
in Makkaĥ Mukarramaĥ (for 15 consecutive days)? If he makes
the intention of stay after he has returned from Minā, it is
correct because it is now possible for him to stay in Makkaĥ
Mukarramaĥ for 15 days or more. If it is highly likely that he
will move to Madīna-tul-Munawwaraĥ or to his own country
then he will be considered as a traveller.
5. By the time of the writing of this account, the distance between
the end of the populated areas of Jeddah and the beginning of
the populated areas of Makkaĥ is 53 kilometres by road and 47
kilometres by air. The distance between the end of the populated
areas of Jeddah and the beginning of ‘Arafāt is 78 kilometres by
one route, 80 kilometres by two other routes and 67 kilometres
by air. Therefore, whether residents of Jeddah go to Makkaĥ
from Jeddah or they directly go to ‘Arafāt, they are to offer
complete Ṣalāĥ without Qaṣr.
6. You can offer the Ṣalāĥ of Farḍ, Witr, Sunnaĥs, Nawāfil, etc.
while travelling by air. There is no need to repeat these Ṣalāĥs.
Offer Farḍ, Witr, Sunnaĥ of Fajr while facing Qiblaĥ as usual.
It is possible to offer the Ṣalāĥ while standing by washroom or
kitchen or at the tail of the airplane. You can also offer the rest
of Sunnaĥs and Nawāfil whilst sitting during travel. To face the
Qiblaĥ in this situation is not a condition. [For more details,
read ‘Traveller’s Ṣalāĥ’, a booklet included in ‘Laws of Ṣalāĥ’.]