This is easier than what our colleague depicted; because when the plane communicates with the control tower, it keeps hovering in the sky and hovering until the order comes to it.

The questioner : ... .

The Shaykh : This is easier than what our colleague depicted; because when the plane communicates with the control tower, it keeps hovering in the sky and hovering until the order comes to it. So you have now derived from the issue with this depiction. As long as the plane is the one that starts talking to the controller or the control tower; can the plane land without the order to land coming to it? So suppose a Muslim man prays the Fajr prayer in two rak'ahs in two minutes; what will happen to the plane that is hovering in the sky and waiting for the order to be issued from the control if it is delayed in landing by two minutes? Nothing will happen to it!

The questioner : ... .

The Shaykh : ... No problem, my brother, we are not speaking absolutely; meaning that he has to organize the movement. We are speaking with the constraint that he has to pray the two rak'ahs of the Fajr obligatory prayer. So he has to reconcile between performing what Allah has made obligatory upon him on one hand, and performing what has been made obligatory upon him by those who assigned him this work on the other hand. As for giving precedence to the obedience of the created over the obedience of the Creator; this is a matter that no Muslim would ever say. Therefore, I say: , this controller has to strive to combine between the two matters: between what Allah has made obligatory upon him, and what has been made obligatory upon him by his boss who is in charge of him.
In short: Is the intention of this discussion to reach the point where we say he does not pray Fajr in its time? No Muslim says this. So what can we say? That it is obligatory for him to try to combine between realizing the two benefits: the religious benefit and the professional benefit. As for saying he neglects the first benefit, which falls under his saying (peace and blessings be upon him): in the way of realizing this worldly or professional benefit? If I imagine a collision between the two matters, I say: it is not permissible for the controller to be a controller at that time. He should resign from the job entirely, or from being employed in this critical, tight time where, if he takes on the job, he cannot in any way perform the obligatory Fajr prayer. In that case, this work is not permissible.