The traveler by plane: Is it permissible for him to combine and shorten the prayer on the plane?
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The questioner:
May Allah reward you. Honorable Shaykh, this sister and her husband took a plane to travel, and they will not reach the city until three hours after entering the time of the midday prayer. Do they combine and shorten, or do they delay?
The Shaykh:
As long as they are on the road, they may combine and shorten. But if they reach their destination, the travel has ended, and so have the shortening and combining. They must pray each prayer in its proper time, completing it. Yes.
The questioner:
If they pray on the plane, combining and shortening, Honorable Shaykh.
The Shaykh:
Yes, if they are able to, yes.
The questioner:
If they pray on the plane, they combine.
The Shaykh:
If they are able to pray on the plane and have a place where they can pray, it is as if they were praying on the ground: they combine and shorten. Yes.
May Allah reward you. Honorable Shaykh, this sister and her husband took a plane to travel, and they will not reach the city until three hours after entering the time of the midday prayer. Do they combine and shorten, or do they delay?
The Shaykh:
As long as they are on the road, they may combine and shorten. But if they reach their destination, the travel has ended, and so have the shortening and combining. They must pray each prayer in its proper time, completing it. Yes.
The questioner:
If they pray on the plane, combining and shortening, Honorable Shaykh.
The Shaykh:
Yes, if they are able to, yes.
The questioner:
If they pray on the plane, they combine.
The Shaykh:
If they are able to pray on the plane and have a place where they can pray, it is as if they were praying on the ground: they combine and shorten. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، المسافر بالطائرة هل له يجمع ويقصر على الطائرة؟ الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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