Facing the Qiblah in Prayer Inside an Airplane
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Question:
This is another questioner who has used the name Muhammad from Riyadh. He asks: Is it valid to establish the prayer when a Muslim is not facing the qiblah, especially when he is on an airplane?
Answer:
Facing the qiblah in the obligatory prayer is a condition for its validity. Allah the Exalted said:[Al-Baqarah 2:144] This is required in the obligatory prayer, and it is a condition for its validity, as long as it is possible. If it is not possible, then you pray in whatever direction, because you are excused in this, as it is a condition you are unable to fulfill, and it is dropped. Yes.
This is another questioner who has used the name Muhammad from Riyadh. He asks: Is it valid to establish the prayer when a Muslim is not facing the qiblah, especially when he is on an airplane?
Answer:
Facing the qiblah in the obligatory prayer is a condition for its validity. Allah the Exalted said:
So turn your face toward al-Masjid al-Haram. And wherever you [believers] are, turn your faces toward it [in prayer]
فَوَلِّ وَجْهَكَ شَطْرَ الْمَسْجِدِ الْحَرَامِ وَحَيْثُ مَا كُنتُمْ فَوَلُّوا وُجُوهَكُمْ شَطْرَهُ
Source
نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 03/193 — archive.org (17:24)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.