Question 2, traveling during Fajr time

[DanyalSAC]

Asalaamu alaikum again... I would've just posted these two questions on one thread but I felt that if I kept them separated others would get benefit from the answers by seeing the question in the title...

Anyway...

I currently work 8 AM to 5 PM. I have to leave my house NO LATER than 6 AM to get to work on time due to the fact I have to travel through 20 miles of some of the worst traffic in the United States. However, the Fajr adhan is at the moment at 06:04. If I wait and pray (at home) right after the adhan the fastest I can be on the roadis 06:15 and that would make me late. Iqama time at the masjid is 06:30 and that's out of the question. However, if I pray when I get to work it will be close to 08:00 and that would be too late to pray. The time will slowly get earlier, inshallah, and by this time next month it will be before 6 AM but during the next couple of weeks I will be on the road when I should be in sujood. I would really appreciate some advice on this!

JazakumAllah Khairn in advance
D.

 

[Abu Hannah]

excellent question and an issue that many may have. Would someone propose any answers from an islamic standpoint.

 

[arzafar]

i guess pray at home and drive a bit faster to work.

 

[DanyalSAC]

i guess pray at home and drive a bit faster to work.

Not an option. I asked the Imam (about an unrelated issue) and he said driving fast puts one's life in danger and is therefore haram.

The only other thing I can think of is to leave my house early - making sure I have wudu & I keep it! - and stop somewhere along the way. I have no compunction pulling my car over and praying alongside the road - I've done it before - however doing it along a busy freeway could also be dangerous. I could exit the freeway and find a parking lot... after all its just 2 rakat, and my surrah knowledge is limited to just short ones so it wouldn't be a long salaat....

 

[Tabassum07]

Leave your home even sooner, get to work at least 10 mins before Fajr time ends, and pray at your workplace?

 

[Abu Hannah]

Well, I guess that the making wudhu and praying on the way to work would prob be best. As long as your detour off the freeway doesnt set you back too much, I guess that would be your best bet. Hope it works out, coz Salah on time is muuy importante !

 

[DanyalSAC]

Leave your home even sooner, get to work at least 10 mins before Fajr time ends, and pray at your workplace?

Yeah that's also an option I have considered... will make my day long though (they won't let me start work before my shift). But it will be temporary. This will probably be the route I take.

Well, I guess that the making wudhu and praying on the way to work would prob be best. As long as your detour off the freeway doesnt set you back too much, I guess that would be your best bet. Hope it works out, coz Salah on time is muuy importante !

Yup and so is having a job in this day and age...

Thanks to everyone for your replies!

 

[Tabassum07]

I'm currently staying at a friend's place, whose little girl goes to school early, so she's in the bathroom getting ready from 6:05 to nearly 7am! Which is pretty much the time for Fajr these days. What I would normally have done at my own home would be to get up around 6:30 or so, but then I wouldn't be able to do wudu here, 'cause she's in the bathroom, lol. So I get up before 6, do wudu and then wait for Fajr to start. :lol: Hey, you gotta make some sacrifices.

 

[a_stranger]

:salam2:
I think the best thing is that you pray on your way to work but make sure in a safe place .

 

[arzafar]

Not an option. I asked the Imam (about an unrelated issue) and he said driving fast puts one's life in danger and is therefore haram.

The only other thing I can think of is to leave my house early - making sure I have wudu & I keep it! - and stop somewhere along the way. I have no compunction pulling my car over and praying alongside the road - I've done it before - however doing it along a busy freeway could also be dangerous. I could exit the freeway and find a parking lot... after all its just 2 rakat, and my surrah knowledge is limited to just short ones so it wouldn't be a long salaat....

How long does it take to pray fajr. 10 mins!
surely you can cover 120 min distance in 110 mins, without risking much. maybe you should watch schumi making those meandering corners and take some tips. hehehe.

 

[DanyalSAC]

How long does it take to pray fajr. 10 mins!
surely you can cover 120 min distance in 110 mins, without risking much. maybe you should watch schumi making those meandering corners and take some tips. hehehe.

You missed the part where I mentioned the traffic. Going the last 20 miles alone can take an hour.

Anyway, Allah subhanhu wa ta'ala presented the solution. Midway between my house and my job is the city of Stockton, and just off the freeway is the Stockton Islamic Center. They pray Fajr the same time we do in Sacramento, so all I had to do was leave my house 20 minutes earlier than usual and not only do I get to pray Fajr but I get to do so in congregation.

Its a masjid that's a bit different than what I'm accustomed to; its obviously Pakistani, as all of the posters and bulletins posted on the walls are in Urdu. The imam recited the Al Fatiha so fast that it actually made me a bit breathless, and only two of us out of the 20 or so brothers said "amin" at the end. After the salaat was over they did some strange congregational du'a thing in unison, but since - to the best of my knowledge, Allahu alim - this isn't Sunnah I got up and left.

Anyway I did get to pray in congregation and I did make it to work in time (alhamdulillah, though today is a holiday, we will see tomorrow inshallah) so all I can say is Alhamdulillah!

 

[arzafar]

You missed the part where I mentioned the traffic. Going the last 20 miles alone can take an hour.

Anyway, Allah subhanhu wa ta'ala presented the solution. Midway between my house and my job is the city of Stockton, and just off the freeway is the Stockton Islamic Center. They pray Fajr the same time we do in Sacramento, so all I had to do was leave my house 20 minutes earlier than usual and not only do I get to pray Fajr but I get to do so in congregation.

Its a masjid that's a bit different than what I'm accustomed to; its obviously Pakistani, as all of the posters and bulletins posted on the walls are in Urdu. The imam recited the Al Fatiha so fast that it actually made me a bit breathless, and only two of us out of the 20 or so brothers said "amin" at the end. After the salaat was over they did some strange congregational du'a thing in unison, but since - to the best of my knowledge, Allahu alim - this isn't Sunnah I got up and left.

Anyway I did get to pray in congregation and I did make it to work in time (alhamdulillah, though today is a holiday, we will see tomorrow inshallah) so all I can say is Alhamdulillah!

oh ok twas because of traffic.
yes 'congregational' dua after fard salah is innovation.
http://islamqa.com/en/ref/21976/

 

[Tabassum07]

EH? You mean we can't do :tti_sister: after salat? How do you make dua then? Something doesn't feel right here.. Clarifications please. Sorry to deviate off the main topic.