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Salaah on a Bus: Standing or Sitting?

Q: Mufti saheb, what’s the status of reading salaah on a bus? At times we read standing and at times sitting.

A: It is not permissible for one to perform fardh or witr salaah in a vehicle (bus, car, etc.). If one performed his fardh or witr salaah in a vehicle, whether standing or sitting, without completing the postures of Salaah in the prescribed manner, he should repeat the Salaah. As far as the nawaafil and sunnats (besides the two rak’aat Sunnah of fajr Salaah) are concerned, it is permissible for one to perform these salaahs on a vehicle whilst sitting provided one is out of the town.

يتنفل المقيم ( راكبا خارج المصر ) محل القصر

و قال في رد المحتار : قوله ( ويتنفل المقيم راكبا الخ ) أي بلا عذر أطلق النفل فشمل السنن المؤكدة إلا سنة الفجر كما مر وأشار بذكر المقيم إلى أن المسافر كذلك بالأولى واحترز بالنفل عن الفرض والواجب بأنواعه كالوتر والمنذور وما لزم بالشروع والإفساد وصلاة الجنازة وسجدة تليت على الأرض فلا يجوز على الدابة بلا عذر لعدم الحرج كما في البحر (رد المحتار 2/38)

Answered by:

Mufti Zakaria Makada

Checked & Approved:

Mufti Ebrahim Salejee (Isipingo Beach)

This answer was collected from MuftiOnline.co.za, where the questions have been answered by Mufti Zakaria Makada (Hafizahullah), who is currently a senior lecturer in the science of Hadith and Fiqh at Madrasah Ta’leemuddeen, Isipingo Beach, South Africa.

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