Performing salaah on a plane while sitting
Question
A person read salaah on the plane. Due to severe turbulence and short time for asr and the flight crew not allowing him to stand, the asr Salaah was read sitting on the seat not facing qiblah.
I understand that one will have to repeat this salaah standing up afterwards. The time of asr ended and maghrib time came in. The flight now landed.
1. Will the Asr Salaah be regarded as invalid and Qadha have to be read (fardh not done at all), or was it a valid adaa but necessary (waajib) to repeat the salah?
2. If one is saahib e tarteeb and the next salaah comes (e.g. maghrib comes in), will one read the next salaah (maghrib) first, or repeat the salah in question (asr) first?
3. If someone in the family did not have wudhu, and neither had anything to make tayammum with, then performed the Asr Salaah sitting on the seat in that state, will the masla change in both questions 1 and 2?
Answer
Performing fard salaah on the plane seat is not valid for the person who has the ability to stand and perform salaah. Hence, the salaah performed on the plane seat was not valid and one's fard did not take place.
If one is saahib e tarteeb, he should perform the Asr Salaah before performing the Maghrib Salaah.
The salaah performed without wudu is not valid and will have to be repeated with wudu.
And Allah Ta'ala (الله تعالى) knows best.
- Answered by
- Mufti Zakaria Makada
- Checked & approved by
- Mufti Ebrahim Salejee (Isipingo Beach)
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