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11: PRAYER"Softar AI/Ilh IlS much as you art'able",-"

(Qur'1fi: At -Taghabun: 16)Thus, onc is not legally required to do what is beyond onc's capacity. If a

Muslim riding his ani mal cannot face the qiblah, then il is not obligatory uponhim to face it and he to face any direction in prayer. Likewise, a passengeron a plane is to pe rform prayer as much as he can; he may sland, Sil , oow,prmtrate or beckon (bowing and prostration) with his head (according to thesituation), but he must face the qib lah for it is possible (to do so).Third: The Prayer of a Traveler

A travder is onc of the persons for it is permissible for him toshorten the prayer consisting of four rak 'ahs (units of prayer) 10 only tworak 'ails as Slated in the Noble the Sunnah (Prophetic Tradition), andthe consensus o f Muslim scholars. Allah, Exalted be He, says:

i tnd wlrtn you lravellhroughout thelnnd, there i. no blameupon you for Iht shorttningofprayer._.(Qur'an: 101)

the !'mphet (?BUHj performed on ly shortened prayers on hisjourneys', Fu rthenno re , on journeys, shortening the pra)",r is bttte r than cornplet ingit accon:ling to the majority of :;

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A I.... is p"rmiued 10 the p....""en i f he frrquently I...."'[s,11 in caSt of a mail or, IU; driver ....ho sp"nds moSI of his onway bet.....

It i$l"'rmissible for a t....vele r 10 combine the lolI!1f Prayer and the (Aftunoon) P....yer at the due lime ofeither of them, and, likew ise, locombinethe Mllghrib (Sunsd) P"'y

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H" 11: PRAYERof either of them in o,

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fllan performing prayers at home, In additioll. prayercombinea in the mosque is """" diu tlran performi"g prayers at Iromeindividuaily. according 10 tire "na"imoo" of tire scholarswho mai"tai" the aforeme"rioned permissibility 10 cQmbi", prarers(due 10 bad K'eal/ocr). sucll as M