How does a traveler determine prayer times while on an airplane?
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Question:
The questioner says: If I board a plane and the time for prayer begins while I am in the air, what should I do? Do I follow the time of the city I left or the city I am heading to?
Answer:
Your ruling is the ruling of the country whose airspace you are in; your ruling is the ruling of the country you are flying over, because the air reflects the ruling of the land. If the plane is going to land at the end of the prayer time, you delay the prayer, and when it lands, you pray at the airport. If the flight will continue until the prayer time ends, you must pray on the plane to the best of your ability. Allah the Exalted says:[At-Taghabun 64:16]
The questioner says: If I board a plane and the time for prayer begins while I am in the air, what should I do? Do I follow the time of the city I left or the city I am heading to?
Answer:
Your ruling is the ruling of the country whose airspace you are in; your ruling is the ruling of the country you are flying over, because the air reflects the ruling of the land. If the plane is going to land at the end of the prayer time, you delay the prayer, and when it lands, you pray at the airport. If the flight will continue until the prayer time ends, you must pray on the plane to the best of your ability. Allah the Exalted says:
So fear Allah as much as you are able
فَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ مَا اسْتَطَعْتُمْ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، بماذا يعتد المسافر بالطائرة في أوقات الصلاة؟ للشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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