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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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The 'Asr prayer on a plane or delaying it until arrival

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Question:
The brother Muhammad says: I hope you will present my letter to the Shaykh. Question from Hamdan (may Allah preserve him): I always travel, Honorable Shaykh, to Jeddah. If I travel by plane and the time for 'Asr enters while I am on the plane, and it is most likely that we will not arrive in Jeddah until less than an hour before the Maghrib adhan, what should I do? Should I delay the prayer until I arrive, or should I pray on the plane?

Answer:
The time for 'Asr is still remaining. After you arrive in Jeddah, one hour before the sun sets, the time for 'Asr is still remaining. So when you arrive, you pray 'Asr. Yes.

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May Allah reward you with good,
Source نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 03/158 — archive.org (18:36)

The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.

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