Salaah on a plane
Question
What is the ruling in regards to performing Salaah on a plane? Does the Salaah have to repeated on landing, and if yes, then how many Rakaats need to be repeated?
Answer
Unfortunately many current day Muslim airlines and even others prohibit standing in the plane and performing Salaah. In such a situation, one is left with no alternative but to perform Salaah in one’s seat. One may perform Salaah whilst seated in such a situation but the Salaah needs to be repeated on landing as the standing posture is Fardh in Salaah.
If the journey was of 77 kilometers or more making one a Musaafir and one had therefore performed Qasr Salaah whilst flying, then one should repeat the Qasr Salaah (of 2 Rakaats) after landing.
References (Arabic / Urdu sources)
25 Rabi-ul-Aakhir 1434 / 30 November 2021
- Answered by
- Mufti Mohammed Desai
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