If the obligatory prayer catches up with you while you are on an airplane, how do you pray?
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Question : Regarding the obligatory prayer, we say: if it catches up with you while you are on the airplane.
Answer : If there is enough space on the airplane for you to pray facing the qiblah, bow, and prostrate, then do so. If not, wait until the airplane lands, provided there is enough time left, or if the prayer is one that can be combined with the one following it, such as the Zuhr prayer, which you would delay until 'Asr. If that is not possible and you fear that the time will expire, then you pray according to your condition and perform whatever pillars of the prayer you are able to. A train is easier than an airplane, because trains generally have enough space. Yes.
Answer : If there is enough space on the airplane for you to pray facing the qiblah, bow, and prostrate, then do so. If not, wait until the airplane lands, provided there is enough time left, or if the prayer is one that can be combined with the one following it, such as the Zuhr prayer, which you would delay until 'Asr. If that is not possible and you fear that the time will expire, then you pray according to your condition and perform whatever pillars of the prayer you are able to. A train is easier than an airplane, because trains generally have enough space. Yes.
Source
قناة «فضيلة الشيخ محمد بن صالح العثيمين»، 34 - إذا أدركتك صلاة الفريضة وأنت في الطائرة كيف تصلي؟ مناسك الحج والعمرة - ابن عثيمين — youtube.com
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