praying while travelling
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Rosheen
Sister in Islam
I am also going away in ramadan.
What if the sun sets whilst i am on the plane? How do i know when to break my fast????
I can pray at the airport, thats cool, but the flight will take off when its light, and cross over a time zone (+1hr) and the sun will set whilst i am aboard the flight.
What do we do people????
What if the sun sets whilst i am on the plane? How do i know when to break my fast????
I can pray at the airport, thats cool, but the flight will take off when its light, and cross over a time zone (+1hr) and the sun will set whilst i am aboard the flight.
What do we do people????
Abdul Hasib
Student of Knowledge
To tell you some good news brothers and sisters but there's a masjid in the Heathrow Airport. For the room when you get out (not out of the airport the room withh the long crowd of people waiting for you), you can see a sign that says prayer rooms and it shows a stick figure sitting down like in Salat.
Oh yeah so my vacation at Bangladesh was over. It was fun there. But anyway we had to get onto the Biman to get to London, but then the plane made a stop in Dubai, and they have a Salat room there too (at the airport).
But anyway, when we got out of the plane (not using the long stairs pulled by trucks), then these police came and pointed to this young guy and when I looked back I saw they put him in cuffs and he was smiling. If you find any news about this boy named Junaid Kamrul (or Nurul) Islam, or about this Bangladeshi person getting arrested at Heathrow from Biman, please let me know. Post it here too.
Oh yeah so my vacation at Bangladesh was over. It was fun there. But anyway we had to get onto the Biman to get to London, but then the plane made a stop in Dubai, and they have a Salat room there too (at the airport).
But anyway, when we got out of the plane (not using the long stairs pulled by trucks), then these police came and pointed to this young guy and when I looked back I saw they put him in cuffs and he was smiling. If you find any news about this boy named Junaid Kamrul (or Nurul) Islam, or about this Bangladeshi person getting arrested at Heathrow from Biman, please let me know. Post it here too.
blue streak
Junior Member
Question:
When traveling via airplane which direction should one pray? Assuming that due to conditions on the plane the proper direction cannot be ascertained.
Answer:
Praise be to Allaah.
You have to face the direction of the Qiblah when you are praying an obligatory prayer, because Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning):
“so turn your face in the direction of Al-Masjid Al-Haraam (at Makkah). And wheresoever you people are, turn your faces (in prayer) in that direction” [al-Baqarah 2:144].
You could ask the crew to find out which direction the Qiblah is in, and make the most of the opportunity, once the plane has reached its altitude and settled in its course, to pray standing facing the Qiblah. If that is not possible, and you can delay the prayer until the plane lands, without delaying it beyond the allotted time, so that you can pray standing and facing the Qiblah on the ground, then you can do that. If this is not possible because you fear that the time for that prayer will end, then pray as best you can in the plane, and your prayer will be valid. Allaah does not burden any soul with more than it is able to bear. And Allaah is the Source of strength.
Islam Q&A
Sheikh Muhammed Salih Al-Munajjid
If I am travelling in an airplane and the time for prayer comes, is it permissible for me to pray in the airplane or not?
Answer:
Praise be to Allaah.
If the time for prayer comes and the plane is still flying, and you are afraid that the time for prayer will end before the plane lands in an airport, then the scholars are agreed that it is obligatory to pray as best as one is able, bowing, prostrating and facing the qiblah as much as you can. Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning):
“So keep your duty to Allaah and fear Him as much as you can”
[al-Taghaabun 64:16]
And the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “If I command you to do a thing, then do as much of it as you are able.” (Narrated by Muslim, 1337).
But if you know that the plane will land before the time for prayer ends and there will be enough time to do the prayer (after it lands), or if the prayer is one of those that may be joined to another, such as Zuhr which may be joined to ‘Asr, or Maghrib which may be joined to ‘Isha, or it is known that the plane will land before the time for the second prayer ends and that there will be enough time to offer both prayers, then the majority of scholars say that it is permissible to offer the prayers on board the airplane, because it is obligatory to offer the prayers when the time for the prayer begins. But some later Maaliki scholars said that prayer on board the airplane is not valid, because one of the conditions of prayer being valid is that the prayer should be offered on the ground, or on something which is in contact with the ground, such as a vehicle or ship, for example. The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “The earth has been made a place of prayer for me and a means of purification.” (Narrated by al-Bukhaari in al-Tayammum, 335; Muslim in al-Masaajid, 521).
Fataawa Islamiyyah, al-Lajnah al-Daa’imah, 1/227
When traveling via airplane which direction should one pray? Assuming that due to conditions on the plane the proper direction cannot be ascertained.
Answer:
Praise be to Allaah.
You have to face the direction of the Qiblah when you are praying an obligatory prayer, because Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning):
“so turn your face in the direction of Al-Masjid Al-Haraam (at Makkah). And wheresoever you people are, turn your faces (in prayer) in that direction” [al-Baqarah 2:144].
You could ask the crew to find out which direction the Qiblah is in, and make the most of the opportunity, once the plane has reached its altitude and settled in its course, to pray standing facing the Qiblah. If that is not possible, and you can delay the prayer until the plane lands, without delaying it beyond the allotted time, so that you can pray standing and facing the Qiblah on the ground, then you can do that. If this is not possible because you fear that the time for that prayer will end, then pray as best you can in the plane, and your prayer will be valid. Allaah does not burden any soul with more than it is able to bear. And Allaah is the Source of strength.
Islam Q&A
Sheikh Muhammed Salih Al-Munajjid
If I am travelling in an airplane and the time for prayer comes, is it permissible for me to pray in the airplane or not?
Answer:
Praise be to Allaah.
If the time for prayer comes and the plane is still flying, and you are afraid that the time for prayer will end before the plane lands in an airport, then the scholars are agreed that it is obligatory to pray as best as one is able, bowing, prostrating and facing the qiblah as much as you can. Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning):
“So keep your duty to Allaah and fear Him as much as you can”
[al-Taghaabun 64:16]
And the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “If I command you to do a thing, then do as much of it as you are able.” (Narrated by Muslim, 1337).
But if you know that the plane will land before the time for prayer ends and there will be enough time to do the prayer (after it lands), or if the prayer is one of those that may be joined to another, such as Zuhr which may be joined to ‘Asr, or Maghrib which may be joined to ‘Isha, or it is known that the plane will land before the time for the second prayer ends and that there will be enough time to offer both prayers, then the majority of scholars say that it is permissible to offer the prayers on board the airplane, because it is obligatory to offer the prayers when the time for the prayer begins. But some later Maaliki scholars said that prayer on board the airplane is not valid, because one of the conditions of prayer being valid is that the prayer should be offered on the ground, or on something which is in contact with the ground, such as a vehicle or ship, for example. The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “The earth has been made a place of prayer for me and a means of purification.” (Narrated by al-Bukhaari in al-Tayammum, 335; Muslim in al-Masaajid, 521).
Fataawa Islamiyyah, al-Lajnah al-Daa’imah, 1/227
abdellah007
Junior Member
salam
sister jabba,
i think it would be better if u can determine it by the time zone. can u while ur in the plane?
sister jabba,
i think it would be better if u can determine it by the time zone. can u while ur in the plane?