How valid is the statement that prayer on a mount is not valid except in the direction of the qiblah or the direction of travel?
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The questioner : How valid is the statement that prayer on a mount is either in the direction of the qiblah or the direction of the mount's travel... and that anything else is not valid?
The Shaykh : In any case, the rider has only two directions: either the direction of his travel or the qiblah. If he turns from his direction of travel to the qiblah, it is valid because that is the original direction. But if he turns to something other than his direction of travel, it is not valid.
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : How did he turn?
The questioner : He faced the qiblah...
The Shaykh : The qiblah was not in the direction of his travel, and then he turned to the direction of his travel.
The questioner : He faced the qiblah now, and he is on the train, and it is moving toward the north... then the train turned.
The Shaykh : Okay, it turns.
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : And he is praying, yes.
The Shaykh : In any case, the rider has only two directions: either the direction of his travel or the qiblah. If he turns from his direction of travel to the qiblah, it is valid because that is the original direction. But if he turns to something other than his direction of travel, it is not valid.
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : How did he turn?
The questioner : He faced the qiblah...
The Shaykh : The qiblah was not in the direction of his travel, and then he turned to the direction of his travel.
The questioner : He faced the qiblah now, and he is on the train, and it is moving toward the north... then the train turned.
The Shaykh : Okay, it turns.
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : And he is praying, yes.