Is it permissible to pray on an airplane?
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Question:
Among his questions, the Shaykh’s eminence says: Is it permissible to pray on an airplane?
Answer:
If there is a need for it, or if it is a voluntary prayer. As for the obligatory prayer, if it is easy for him to pray before or after, that is the more cautious course, so that he prays standing.
However, if there is a need for it, such as the journey being long, he prays according to his condition, even if it is the obligatory prayer. But he prays toward the qiblah, turning with the qiblah wherever it turns. Even if he prays sitting, [al-Taghabun:16]. But if it is easy for him on the airplane to pray standing, bow, and prostrate, it is obligatory for him to do so, and he turns with the airplane specifically for the obligatory prayer. As for the voluntary prayer, there is no harm in praying sitting and praying in the direction of his travel, as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to do on his camel, praying in the direction of his travel for the voluntary prayer.
The presenter: May Allah reward you, O Shaykh.
Among his questions, the Shaykh’s eminence says: Is it permissible to pray on an airplane?
Answer:
If there is a need for it, or if it is a voluntary prayer. As for the obligatory prayer, if it is easy for him to pray before or after, that is the more cautious course, so that he prays standing.
However, if there is a need for it, such as the journey being long, he prays according to his condition, even if it is the obligatory prayer. But he prays toward the qiblah, turning with the qiblah wherever it turns. Even if he prays sitting,
So fear Allah as much as you are able
فَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ مَا اسْتَطَعْتُمْThe presenter: May Allah reward you, O Shaykh.
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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