Just wondering if man goes and colonizes the moon or mars…
how would muslims living there pray and also when they are travelling in space getting to moon or mars…
it takes 6 months to get to mars, how would a muslim travelling from earth to mars pray?
Also, on Mars the number of hours is 18 per day not 24 so how will that effect the pray timings?
Also would they know which way to bow when they pray when they are on a space ship or on a differnet planet?
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If scientist do it they,ll carry only westren people on the moon and mars.They,ll have must leave the muslims on earth
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Malaysia had an Islamic conference last year and this was one of the items on the agenda - I don't know what the outcome was.
The issue is relevant because Russia is launching a Malaysian Muslim into space later this year.
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The issue is relevant because Russia is launching a Malaysian Muslim into space later this year.
This problem of the Qibla direction was brought to the attention of our Holy Prophet PBUH by some desert dwelling Arabs who could not determine accurately the Qibla direction while they were on the move, so Rasul Allah PBUH spread his hands in front of him approximately 30 odd degrees and stated if you can come within this range of direction it will be fine.
Judging from that, if one was on the Moon, the direction would be towards the Earth, ofcourse it would change with the movment of the planet. Scholars when faced with this issue i am sure will be able to make a ruling that will be practical.
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^ lol, easy answers, people just make it difficult for themselves 
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In aeroplane and i think for that matter in space one can pray in any direction and extrapolating it to mars the case will be the same, pray in any direction.
While on the way to Mars, pray according to timings in Makkah and Kasar that is 2 Raka'ah for every Salah.
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As Mad-Sceintist said, Muslim Scholars are working on it, and they will be issuing a Fatwa on it, or did they already!!!
Let scholars do thier work, this is a real issue ...
more than direction, the timing is the problem, as sun will rise and set in no time ...
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Well this issue exposes the truthness of Islam and other religions. They are all fake, baseless and man-made.
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^ yep, human being is also man made.
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I don't think it means the religions are fake, baseless and man-made, just some of the traditions that people think are necessary to be an adherent to the faith.
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I have read it in sahih bukhari, Prophet sala Allaah waliu wasalam, used to pray when riding on the camel, the direction did not matter.
But the ruling is it is wajib or obligatory to pray in the direction of the Qibla, but due to certain constraints, you can pray in any directions.
As Allaah says in the Quran, Surah Baqara, the East and West is Allaahs.
The prayers i dont think so matter wrt to no. of hours, it matters wrt to the timing of the sunset and sunrise. There was a sahaba who questioned Prophet, how do I know the time when I m there in the dungeon, someone correct me if I am wrong, I will look into the hadith and surely put it across here. It was something to do with the thread. So the matter of Mars is not the issue.
Wrt to a space mission basically the problem did not exist wrt to the direction of prayers, but from what I could infer was in space the sunrises and sunsets 67 times a day thats wrt to earth, this was an issue.
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Don't they say tat if ur a musafar u don't have to pray?
being in outer space is same as being a musafer isn't it?
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As Allaah says in the Quran, Surah Baqara, the East and West is Allaahs.
The prayers i dont think so matter wrt to no. of hours, it matters wrt to the timing of the sunset and sunrise. There was a sahaba who questioned Prophet, how do I know the time when I m there in the dungeon, someone correct me if I am wrong, I will look into the hadith and surely put it across here. It was something to do with the thread. So the matter of Mars is not the issue.
Wrt to a space mission basically the problem did not exist wrt to the direction of prayers, but from what I could infer was in space the sunrises and sunsets 67 times a day thats wrt to earth, this was an issue.
Brother, the ahadith that you are referring to with respect to facing the Qiblah are nawafil. We are allowed to pray nawafil in any direction while moving. But the fard salaah must be prayed while stationary and facing the Qiblah. The Ulama say that while travelling, if you can stop and pray then it must be done for fard salaah but today on airplanes and boats, this is not possible so we are allowed to pray fard while the vehicle is moving.
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Prayer is fard for everyone, and there is no excuse for missing it. In fact on days of Eid we increase our worship and pray more.
And if we cannot pray while standing, then we can pray sitting, if not that then lying down, if not that then we can pray with our eyes. So there is no excuse for missing prayers.
I think what you are referring is cutting the prayers in half when one is travelling.
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hmmm I aint no genius but i can tell you one thing...
In space, you will have to face Qibla and Qibla is on earth.. with that distance, direction of earth will be the qiblah...
Now earth could be on you LEFT, RIGHT, FRONT, BACK or TOP, BOTTOM
in case of left, right, front, and back, there seems to be no problem since you can see the earth and face it but if it is TOP or BOTTOM, you have to use your kidney... err. I mean brain...if it is top, have you ever seen moon, sun, stars on top??? that means you can still face the direction... think about it...
and icing on the cake... in outer space, there is no concept of gravity so there is no top and bottom relative to your position... so just move your arses and face the earth, Einsteins !!!
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Here is a simple answer to the dumbest question ever.
You face the kiblah which happens to be on Earth. So if you're standing on top of the moon, the sun, pluto (even though 1 week ago it was officially removed from being a planet) or any where in the universe, you'll have to be facing earth as long as you're a muslim.
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Pray - judge the direction of Kaa'Ba to your best knowledge and then ask forgiveness from Allah (swt).
"Amal ka daro'madar neeyat par hay"
If your intentions were ok - then its fine.....
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^ They just don’t get it, the stupidity lies in the question not the answer
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By facing earth, isn't that akin to worshipping it? The Qiblah for that matter. If one were travelling through space, why would God favor one planet over the other? Suppose He has revealed His message on hundreds or thousands of panets.
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^ he hasn't. According to Islam, there is no life in outerspace. So rest assured and abide to that which has been told to us.