Fatwa #3130911 December 2014Australia
Salaah while travelling
Question
1.In the plane where there is no specefic organisation of praying Salah, can the person merely pray on his seat?
2. While i am in the plane, i am travelling aomewhere, but on mthe way, the plane passes by my hometown, am i considered muqim then and then will the ruling of muqim apply
Answer
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
As-salāmu ‘alaykum wa-rahmatullāhi wa-barakātuh.
1) According to our experiences of travelling by plane, passengers are permitted to pray salaat in the plane. However, it is important to make arrangements with the airline representatives so that they can easily facilitate performing salaat. Do consider the representatives also have to fulfil their duties and also abide by airline regulations. It is important to cooperate with them. However, in the scenario that one is unable to get permission to pray or the plane is too small, as is the case in some domestic flights, then one should perform salaat on his seat and then repeat the salaat later on.[1]
2) In such a situation, it is our advice to wait a few minutes until the plane passes by your hometown. You should thereafter pray qasr.
And Allah Ta’āla Knows Best
Muhammad Haris Siddiqui
Student Darul Iftaa
Melbourne, Australia
Checked and Approved by,
Mufti Ebrahim Desai.
References
- فتاوی محمودیہ ۱۱\۶۱۹ – دار الاشاعت