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Topic: Ramadan Mubarak
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Kirsten
Member Posts: 536
From: Delft, Netherlands
Registered: Apr 2001
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posted 09-25-2006 11:58 AM
   
To all Muslim readers of this board (Abdul ? zee_aladdin ? fabfivefreddie ? and others): I wish you a happy and healthy Ramadan. May all your prayers and du’ahs be heard in this for you holy Month. Best wishes, Wassalaam, Kirsten |
eurospace
Member Posts: 2610
From: Brussels, Belgium
Registered: Dec 2000
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posted 09-25-2006 01:47 PM
Chukran, Kirsten (even though I'm not muslim).One question though: Ms. Ansari currently in space is also a Muslim, even though Arab is not her mother tongue (she is from Iran, so Farsi is probably her first language). How does she practice her prayers? Does she need to turn to the East, or does she have to keep orientation towards Mecca? Also, will she obey the fasting rules between sundawn and sunset when she'll have around 16 sunsets and sundawns per day? Do to the increased number of sunsets, will her Ramadan end earlier, or will she stay with Earthly counting of the days? Or will she simply be considered on journey and be dispensed from the rules? Allahu akbar! ------------------
Jürgen P Esders
Berlin, Germany http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Astroaddies [Edited by eurospace (September 26, 2006).] |
SVaughan
Member Posts: 42
From: Toronto, Canada
Registered: Aug 2006
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posted 09-25-2006 02:10 PM
Perhaps I'm wrong, but I seem to recall that when Sultan bin Salman Aziz al-Saud went into space, he had a small computer with him to calculate the direction of Mecca at any given time to assist with his prayer orientation.I don't recall the issue of fasting, though. I suppose the logical sunrise/sunset solution would be to maintain the same time 'zone' as the rest of the crew. Does anyone know what Abdul Ahad Mohmand did on his flight? |
pokey
Member Posts: 361
From: Houston, TX, USA
Registered: Aug 2000
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posted 09-25-2006 10:42 PM
If you are traveling during Ramadan you may elect to not fast until after your journey. |
zee_aladdin
Member Posts: 781
From: California
Registered: Oct 2004
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posted 09-25-2006 10:56 PM
Hey Kirsten:I am not a Muslim, I am Catholic, but thanx for thinking about me. I do respect all religions, though (even Atheism). - Zee  [Edited by zee_aladdin (September 25, 2006).] |
ABDUL
Member Posts: 139
From: KERALA
Registered: Jun 2005
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posted 09-26-2006 01:20 AM
Hi Kirsten,
Thank you very much for your greetings and Ramdan is holy month for us .POKEY, YOU ARE CORRECT-traveling during Ramadan you may elect to not fast until after your journey-especially into space.
ABDUL
[Edited by ABDUL (September 26, 2006).] |
Shuttlefan
Member Posts: 173
From: 41366 Schwalmtal, Germany
Registered: Oct 2002
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posted 09-26-2006 12:34 PM
Hi SVaughan
in his last book "Raumfahrerlatein" (which means approximately Space travel tales) the famous German space author Horst Hoffmann who passed away last year mentions a talk with Mohmand about this topic. Mohmand had told him: "given 16 dawns and sunsets per 24 h period and taking the rules literally I would have needed to do 80 prayers a day, 720 on my flight and would have had no time for sleep and work. So I found my own solution". But which isn´t mentioned in the book. |
Kirsten
Member Posts: 536
From: Delft, Netherlands
Registered: Apr 2001
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posted 09-26-2006 04:17 PM
As far as I have understood from some Muslims I have asked about this subject, it is permissible, if you are travelling in space, to set your own day-and-night times and time your prayers accordingly. If possible, you should face Mecca, but if you are travelling somewhere and don't have the possibility to determine the proper direction, your prayer is still valid, whatever direction you are facing. For fasting during Ramadan, the case would be similar. You can of course choose not to fast during travel (as has been mentioned before), provided you catch up with the missed days before the next month of Ramadan. You can also set your own days / nights and time your fasting hours accordingly. All the best, Kirsten
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