PROBLEMS OF PRAYER TIME AND QIBLA DIRECTION IN OUTER SPACE

The sun's shadow and addressing the Qibla, measured by several available methods, can be used to determine times of prayer for Muslims who are on Earth's surface. question how identify direction Qibla emerges when a Muslim is in space. aim this paper outer This qualitative article based literature study. According some findings scholars' ijtihād, astronauts could fly Cape Canaveral depending where they last left earth, or follow Greenwich Time Mecca timetable. There four alternatives according A Guideline Performing Prayer at International Space Station (ISS): facing projection Kaaba sky, approaching everywhere.