Prayer on an Airplane
Question :
If I was travelling by plane and the time came to pray, is it permissible to pray on the plane or not?
Answer:
If the time comes to pray and the plane is still in the air, the scholars are agreed upon the obligation to offer it at its stated time, if one is able to do so, performing the bowing and the prostration and facing the Qiblah, based upon the saying of the Allah, the Most High:
"So keep your duty to Allah and fear Him as much as you can.
And the Prophet SAW said:
If I order you to do something, then do it, as much as you are able.
However, if it is known that the plane will land before the time for the prayer elapses, leaving enough time for its performance, or the prayer is one which may be combined with another, such as Zuhr and 'Asr, or Maghrib and 'Isha', and it is known that the plane will land before the expiry of the time for the second of them, leaving enough time to perform, then according to the majority of the scholars, it is still allowed to offer them on the plane, due to the order to perform them when the time for them begins, according to one's ability, as we have said. And through Allah is attained success.
Source:
The Permanent Committee
Fatawa Islamiyah, Vol. 2 Pages 432 - 433
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