The Ruling on Praying on an Airplane When the Times Differ
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The presenter:
Do you have a question, brothers? Please, go ahead.
The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, regarding the question about the airplane and the traveler: if he is traveling to America, for example, and the flight departs from here at one o’clock, that would be a significant difference.
The Shaykh:
And not one of the blessings.
The questioner:
One in the night.
The Shaykh:
In the night, yes.
The questioner:
So consequently, he has naturally performed the 'Isha' prayer. The journey takes thirteen hours; the journey, the travel to America, takes approximately thirteen hours,
The Shaykh:
starting from one in the night.
The questioner:
Yes, so he arrives there, and the time in America, the country he arrived in, means that the time for the Fajr prayer has entered, or the time for the Fajr prayer has entered. So during the journey, given that he performed the 'Isha' prayer in the Kingdom and arrived there, and the time for the Fajr prayer has entered, does he perform the prayer during the journey, or does he arrive there and perform the Fajr prayer?
The Shaykh:
He must pray Fajr while he is on the airplane. If he sees the dawn while he is on the airplane, he prays before the dawn breaks. As for if he did not see the dawn and did not see the morning, and he landed at the airport there, and he did not see the morning until after he landed, and the morning appeared, he prays Fajr there.
The questioner:
Meaning, consequently, he will not perform a single obligatory prayer based on the country he arrived in.
The Shaykh:
Yes, look, if the dawn appears to him while he is on the airplane, he sees the dawn, it appears, yes, and he prays after the dawn appears. If the dawn has not appeared and it is still night, he does not pray until the dawn appears after he lands at the airport, yes.
Do you have a question, brothers? Please, go ahead.
The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, regarding the question about the airplane and the traveler: if he is traveling to America, for example, and the flight departs from here at one o’clock, that would be a significant difference.
The Shaykh:
And not one of the blessings.
The questioner:
One in the night.
The Shaykh:
In the night, yes.
The questioner:
So consequently, he has naturally performed the 'Isha' prayer. The journey takes thirteen hours; the journey, the travel to America, takes approximately thirteen hours,
The Shaykh:
starting from one in the night.
The questioner:
Yes, so he arrives there, and the time in America, the country he arrived in, means that the time for the Fajr prayer has entered, or the time for the Fajr prayer has entered. So during the journey, given that he performed the 'Isha' prayer in the Kingdom and arrived there, and the time for the Fajr prayer has entered, does he perform the prayer during the journey, or does he arrive there and perform the Fajr prayer?
The Shaykh:
He must pray Fajr while he is on the airplane. If he sees the dawn while he is on the airplane, he prays before the dawn breaks. As for if he did not see the dawn and did not see the morning, and he landed at the airport there, and he did not see the morning until after he landed, and the morning appeared, he prays Fajr there.
The questioner:
Meaning, consequently, he will not perform a single obligatory prayer based on the country he arrived in.
The Shaykh:
Yes, look, if the dawn appears to him while he is on the airplane, he sees the dawn, it appears, yes, and he prays after the dawn appears. If the dawn has not appeared and it is still night, he does not pray until the dawn appears after he lands at the airport, yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، محاضرات في العقيدة والدعوة-39-قضايا فقهية - 03|صالح الفوزان|العام|كبار العلماء — youtube.com (18:59)
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