What is the ruling on combining prayers for a traveler before the time for them has entered?
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The questioner : All right, the second question—may Allah honor you—The Shaykh : !-: Praying while traveling. For example, a person has a long trip; he leaves in the morning on a plane, and the trip lasts, for example, nine or ten hours continuously. Is it permissible for him to combine the Zuhr and 'Asr prayers before the time for Zuhr has entered?
The Shaykh : Before Zuhr, it is not permissible.
The questioner : It is not permissible.
The Shaykh : It is permissible to combine by bringing 'Asr forward to the time of Zuhr, or by delaying Zuhr to the time of 'Asr.
The questioner : All right, in this case, how can he pray these prayers, knowing that their time will naturally arrive while he is in the air on the plane?
The Shaykh : Do you not want the air to be filled with the remembrance of Allah and prayer, just as the land is?
The questioner : Of course.
The Shaykh : Yes! So he prays in the air.
The questioner : He prays on the plane in the air.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The Shaykh : Before Zuhr, it is not permissible.
The questioner : It is not permissible.
The Shaykh : It is permissible to combine by bringing 'Asr forward to the time of Zuhr, or by delaying Zuhr to the time of 'Asr.
The questioner : All right, in this case, how can he pray these prayers, knowing that their time will naturally arrive while he is in the air on the plane?
The Shaykh : Do you not want the air to be filled with the remembrance of Allah and prayer, just as the land is?
The questioner : Of course.
The Shaykh : Yes! So he prays in the air.
The questioner : He prays on the plane in the air.
The Shaykh : Yes.
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