The ruling on praying the obligatory prayer on an airplane when time is tight
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Question:
He says: Sometimes the time for prayer arrives, and we are on an airplane, and we will not reach our destination until the time for prayer has ended. Is it obligatory for us to pray on the airplane, knowing that we cannot face the qiblah?
Answer:
If this prayer is one that can be combined with the one following it, such as Zuhr with 'Asr or Maghrib with 'Isha', then you delay it to the time of the second prayer and combine them when you land; this is a combination by delay. However, if this prayer is one that cannot be combined, such as the Fajr prayer, or if the time is tight in the last part of the time, and the time for the last prayer is also tight, then you pray on the airplane according to your situation,[Al-Baqarah 2:286]. If you know the direction of the qiblah, face it; otherwise, pray according to your situation through ijtihad, as a person in a state of hardship. Ask and pray according to the result of your ijtihad. Yes.
He says: Sometimes the time for prayer arrives, and we are on an airplane, and we will not reach our destination until the time for prayer has ended. Is it obligatory for us to pray on the airplane, knowing that we cannot face the qiblah?
Answer:
If this prayer is one that can be combined with the one following it, such as Zuhr with 'Asr or Maghrib with 'Isha', then you delay it to the time of the second prayer and combine them when you land; this is a combination by delay. However, if this prayer is one that cannot be combined, such as the Fajr prayer, or if the time is tight in the last part of the time, and the time for the last prayer is also tight, then you pray on the airplane according to your situation,
Allah does not charge a soul except [with that within] its capacity
لَا يُكَلِّفُ اللَّهُ نَفْسًا إِلَّا وُسْعَهَا
Source
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