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12775 - Junob and cannot perform ghusl or tayammum

the question

What about the case of one who is traveling by plane on a long trip and encounters janaba, and is

not able to perform ghusl, and there is nothing on the plane that allows him to perform

tayammum. If one waits until reaching the final destination, the time for salaat would be over (i.e.,

salaat that is not combinable with another salaat like fajr, or the time for combining the two salaat

like dhuhr and asr would be over), since one may start travel before fajr and not arrive until after
sunrise, or start travel before dhuhr and not arrive until after maghrib. So what should one do ?

Detailed answer

Praise be to Allah.

If we assume that he can not make ghusl on the airplane, then this is a case known to scholars of

fiqh as the case of the one faqid al-tahoorain "missing the two purifications" (i.e. water for wudu'

and soil for tayammum), and their sayings in this matter differ. Imam Ahmad and the majority of

narrators say that the person should pray in his impurity, since this is what is within his capability

and ability, and that Allah does not burden a soul more than it can bear. The evidence in this

situation is what Imam Muslim narrated in his authentic collection of hadith that the Prophet

(peace be upon him) sent some people to search for a necklace that Aa'isha had lost, during which

the time for prayer had entered, so they prayed without wudu' (due to the absence of water).

Afterwards they went to the Prophet (peace be upon him) and mentioned this situation to him. The

verse allowing tayammum was then revealed. Sahih Muslim 367

The Prophet (peace be upon him) did not disapprove their action and did not command them to

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repeat the prayer. A similar situation can happen to patients that cannot move their limbs

completely (a paralyzed person who has no one to assist him) or prisoners in some cases of being

tied-up or hung-up. The intention is one's prayer should performed and not delayed from its

prescribed time depending on his situation and one is not required to repeat it. This is the most

appropriate, as Allah did not burden us with religion.

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