The Ruling on Praying Maghrib on an Airplane
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The questioner : In the car now. Yes. A man who is a flight attendant for an airline in Europe
The Shaykh : How?
The questioner : He prayed the Maghrib prayer while on the airplane, meaning the land that was beneath the airplane had already passed the time for prayer, but this man looked up today and he sees the sun. So does he pray Maghrib at this time, knowing that the airplane is heading toward
The Shaykh : This requires the following distinction. If the town where he intends to land with the airplane is one where Maghrib is reached before the middle of the night, meaning before the middle of the night in that town where he will land, then he intends to combine and prays Maghrib with 'Isha there. And if the distance he will cover by airplane is long and very long, such that he does not arrive until after the sun rises, then in this case he prays Maghrib according to the local time. Do you understand? I mean, for example, now the airplane is here flying with the setting of the sun, then it departs westward, it departs westward such that it does not stop until it lands after the sun has risen in that town. So he prays Maghrib according to his local time. 'Isha, for example, here today is around seven and a little bit, so he prays between six and a quarter and seven. He prays Maghrib according to his local time, even if he sees the sun in front of him, because this sun is not the sun of the town from which he departed. But I say this on the condition that he is unable to pray Maghrib after the setting of the sun, because the airplane catches up with the sun, it almost continues. Is the answer clear?
The questioner : The person, or breaking the fast in this case.
The Shaykh : He drinks tea. Yes.
The questioner : It has become.
The Shaykh : Like the prayer. Like the prayer. If you are compelled, then ask, because the truth is I did not go to the prayer today and I have a phlegm in my throat, this speech does not suit me very much,
The Shaykh : How?
The questioner : He prayed the Maghrib prayer while on the airplane, meaning the land that was beneath the airplane had already passed the time for prayer, but this man looked up today and he sees the sun. So does he pray Maghrib at this time, knowing that the airplane is heading toward
The Shaykh : This requires the following distinction. If the town where he intends to land with the airplane is one where Maghrib is reached before the middle of the night, meaning before the middle of the night in that town where he will land, then he intends to combine and prays Maghrib with 'Isha there. And if the distance he will cover by airplane is long and very long, such that he does not arrive until after the sun rises, then in this case he prays Maghrib according to the local time. Do you understand? I mean, for example, now the airplane is here flying with the setting of the sun, then it departs westward, it departs westward such that it does not stop until it lands after the sun has risen in that town. So he prays Maghrib according to his local time. 'Isha, for example, here today is around seven and a little bit, so he prays between six and a quarter and seven. He prays Maghrib according to his local time, even if he sees the sun in front of him, because this sun is not the sun of the town from which he departed. But I say this on the condition that he is unable to pray Maghrib after the setting of the sun, because the airplane catches up with the sun, it almost continues. Is the answer clear?
The questioner : The person, or breaking the fast in this case.
The Shaykh : He drinks tea. Yes.
The questioner : It has become.
The Shaykh : Like the prayer. Like the prayer. If you are compelled, then ask, because the truth is I did not go to the prayer today and I have a phlegm in my throat, this speech does not suit me very much,
Source
سلسلة الهدى والنور، رقم 1327 في قناة «عسجد المعاني للإمام الألباني» — youtube.com (16:11)
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