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Performing Salaah while travelling

· 7 Safar 1438 AH1 min readEnglish

Question

If a driver on the motorway needs to pray salaah, what does he do? Does he either pray sitting down, or reach his destination and pray standing up even if it means praying Maghrib and Esha together?

Answer

He should perform each namaaz in their proper times with all the postures and in the direction of the qiblah.

And Allah Ta'ala (الله تعالى) knows best.

References (Arabic / Urdu sources)

يتنفل المقيم (راكبا خارج المصر) محل القصر

و قال العلامة ابن عابدين الشامي : قوله ( ويتنفل المقيم راكبا الخ ) أي بلا عذر أطلق النفل فشمل السنن المؤكدة إلا سنة الفجر كما مر وأشار بذكر المقيم إلى أن المسافر كذلك بالأولى واحترز بالنفل عن الفرض والواجب بأنواعه كالوتر والمنذور وما لزم بالشروع والإفساد وصلاة الجنازة وسجدة تليت على الأرض فلا يجوز على الدابة بلا عذر لعدم الحرج كما في البحر (رد المحتار 2/38)

Answered by
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee (Isipingo Beach)
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