How does a Muslim perform the prayer on an airplane?
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Q: How does a Muslim perform the prayer on an airplane? And is it better for him to pray on the airplane at the beginning of the time, or to wait until he reaches the airport if he will arrive at the end of the time?
A: It is obligatory for a Muslim on an airplane, when the prayer time enters, to pray it according to his ability. If he is able to pray standing, bowing, and prostrating, he does so. If he is not able, he prays sitting and gestures with his bowing and prostration. If he finds a place on the airplane where he can stand and prostrate on the floor instead of gesturing, it is obligatory for him to do so, based on the saying of Allah, the Exalted: [Al-Taghabun: 16], and the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) to 'Imran ibn Husayn (may Allah be pleased with him), who was ill: Al-Bukhari narrated it in his Sahih, and al-Nasa'i narrated it with a sound chain and added: .
It is better for him to pray at the beginning of the time. If he delays it until the end of the time to pray it on the ground, there is no harm, due to the generality of the evidence.
The ruling for a car, train, and ship is the same as for an airplane. And success is from Allah.
A: It is obligatory for a Muslim on an airplane, when the prayer time enters, to pray it according to his ability. If he is able to pray standing, bowing, and prostrating, he does so. If he is not able, he prays sitting and gestures with his bowing and prostration. If he finds a place on the airplane where he can stand and prostrate on the floor instead of gesturing, it is obligatory for him to do so, based on the saying of Allah, the Exalted:
So fear Allah as much as you are able
فَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ مَا اسْتَطَعْتُمْPray standing, and if you cannot, then sitting, and if you cannot, then on your side.
صل قائمًا فإن لم تستطع فقاعدًا فإن لم تستطع صل قائمًا فإن لم تستطع فقاعدًا فإن لم تستطع فعلى جنبIf you cannot do so, then lying on your side
فإن لم تستطع فمستلقيًاIt is better for him to pray at the beginning of the time. If he delays it until the end of the time to pray it on the ground, there is no harm, due to the generality of the evidence.
The ruling for a car, train, and ship is the same as for an airplane. And success is from Allah.
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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