The Ruling on the Prayer of a Traveler by Train
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Question:
I often travel by train for long distances where the time for two or three prayers passes. Due to the narrow space in the train, I cannot find a place to pray. Should I combine these prayers by advancing them or delaying them, or should I pray each one in my seat?
Answer:
It is obligatory for you and for every Muslim passenger on the train to pray the prayer in its time. They may combine the midday and afternoon prayers, and the sunset and night prayers, in the time of one of them, if they are travelers. They must pray according to their ability, standing or sitting. If they are unable to bow or prostrate, they should indicate this with gestures, making the prostration lower than the bowing. This is based on the saying of Allah, the Exalted: [Surat al-Taghabun: 16]. It is obligatory for the train conductor to be kind to them and to stop the train in suitable places to perform the prayer in its time. May Allah guide everyone to beneficial knowledge and to act upon it; He is the Generous, the Bountiful.
I often travel by train for long distances where the time for two or three prayers passes. Due to the narrow space in the train, I cannot find a place to pray. Should I combine these prayers by advancing them or delaying them, or should I pray each one in my seat?
Answer:
It is obligatory for you and for every Muslim passenger on the train to pray the prayer in its time. They may combine the midday and afternoon prayers, and the sunset and night prayers, in the time of one of them, if they are travelers. They must pray according to their ability, standing or sitting. If they are unable to bow or prostrate, they should indicate this with gestures, making the prostration lower than the bowing. This is based on the saying of Allah, the Exalted:
So fear Allah as much as you are able
فَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ مَا اسْتَطَعْتُمْ
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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