How does one pray while on an airplane?
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Question:
The questioner says: Honorable Shaykh, if a person is on an airplane and the time for prayer comes, does he pray even if he is not facing the qiblah?
Answer:
As you heard, the person on the airplane is like someone in a room; he prays facing the qiblah. He turns toward the qiblah and prays standing if possible. If he cannot, he prays sitting, facing the qiblah. He should ask about the direction of the qiblah, and when he knows it, he prays toward it, because he is like a person sitting in a room or like a rider on a mount. Yes.
The questioner says: Honorable Shaykh, if a person is on an airplane and the time for prayer comes, does he pray even if he is not facing the qiblah?
Answer:
As you heard, the person on the airplane is like someone in a room; he prays facing the qiblah. He turns toward the qiblah and prays standing if possible. If he cannot, he prays sitting, facing the qiblah. He should ask about the direction of the qiblah, and when he knows it, he prays toward it, because he is like a person sitting in a room or like a rider on a mount. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، كيف يصلي راكب الطائرة؟ للشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.