As-Salaamu 'alaykum wa rahmatullaah,

Shaykh Muhammad Baazmool was asked a while ago about the permissibility of praying in a car:

QUESTION

Is it permissible for other than the driver of a vehicle to pray optional prayers sitting in the vehicle while going to the masjid or another place, specifically for those who are not traveling?

ANSWER by Shaykh Muhammad 'Umar Baazmool, instructor at Umm Al-Quraa University in Makkah

What is apparent from the legislative texts is that it is openly permissible for someone riding (an animal, vehicle, ship, etc.) to pray optional prayers, whether he is traveling or not, whether he is the driver or a passenger. This is what seems apparent from the texts - that a person may pray optional prayers while mounted on his riding beast. And the car has the same ruling as the riding beast (in this affair). This is the case whether he is the driver or a passenger, whether he is facing the qiblah or not.

So we recently asked him a follow-up question:

We need some explanation to this. How does he make rukoo' and sujood? And does he place his hands on his chest or the steering wheel? And is this practice connected to the high number of automobile accidents in Saudi Arabia?

Click here to see his response:

http://www.bakkah.net/interactive/q&a/aamb035.htm

Your brother,

Abul-'Abbaas
http://www.bakkah.net

 

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