Air travelers often face difficulty in performing prayer, determining the qiblah, and sometimes finding a stable place to pray due to the movement of the aircraft or turbulence, especially when traveling for long distances. What is their obligation in such cases?
The obligatory prayers are never revoked and it is not permissible to delay them beyond their allotted time under any circumstance. As for the qiblah, if it is difficult to determine, then the duty-bound person can ask the captain or flight attendants, and if their answer creates contentment or strong presumption that it is as they describe, then it is necessary to act accordingly. As for the condition of stability during prayer, it is revoked when it is impossible to maintain. In any case, a person must fulfill all the requirements of prayers to the extent they are able to do so.