How to Pray on an Airplane

Question:
Now we will present some questions that came in via email from male and female students. Yes, the first question is about a flight that lasts fourteen consecutive hours. The prayer for the traveler is repeated more than once, so how does one pray on the airplane? It is known that there is no designated place for performing the prayer, and the timing and direction change.

Answer:
Yes, the direction is toward the qiblah, as is known. The direction is toward the qiblah for the obligatory prayer. As for the voluntary prayer, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to pray it wherever his mount faced, as He (Exalted and Majestic is He) said: It was said that this verse was revealed regarding voluntary prayer while traveling. The obligatory prayer: you ask those who know the qiblah, and who directs you to the direction of the qiblah so you can pray toward it? You pray according to your ability. Whoever can pray standing prays standing. Whoever cannot pray standing prays sitting, with the intention, gesturing with his bowing and prostration, making his prostration lower than his bowing. You pray according to your ability. He (Exalted and Majestic is He) said: .
If the prayer or the flight can land at the end of the time, the end of the prayer time, then you delay it until the end of its time and pray it when you get off the airplane. If the prayer is one that can be combined with the one after it, like Zuhr with 'Asr, or Maghrib with 'Isha', then you delay it and pray it in the time of the last prayer. For example, the time of the 'Asr prayer ends when the sun yellows, as it approaches sunset. The time of Maghrib ends with the twilight, when the red twilight disappears. The time of 'Isha' prayer ends with one-third of the night or half of the night. And in dire necessity, it extends until the dawn breaks. So you maintain your prayers according to what you are able to do. And Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He) has made things easy for you. He has legislated for you shortening the four-rak'ah prayer to two rak'ahs. He has legislated for you combining the prayers, Zuhr and 'Asr, and Maghrib and 'Isha', with each other, either combining them early or combining them late, according to what is more convenient for the traveler. The resident prays them in their times because he is able to do so. You have Islamic communities, you have brothers of yours who know, who preceded you to those lands and know the timings . Yes.