Timeline for How would Muslims adapt to follow their prayer rituals in the loss of Earth?
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| Jan 19, 2021 at 12:05 | answer | added | UNKNOWING WANDERER | timeline score: 1 | |
| Jan 18, 2021 at 20:55 | answer | added | Sarfaraaz | timeline score: 1 | |
| S Jan 16, 2021 at 20:56 | history | bounty ended | Quuxplusone | ||
| S Jan 16, 2021 at 20:56 | history | notice removed | Quuxplusone | ||
| Jan 15, 2021 at 21:18 | comment | added | Robbie Goodwin | I suggest the "traumatic loss" is not the point. This would be a problem only if the people could not figure out the position Mecca should have occupied. If you really think space-based people might find that difficult, can you explain how or why? | |
| S Jan 15, 2021 at 20:52 | history | bounty started | Quuxplusone | ||
| S Jan 15, 2021 at 20:52 | history | notice added | Quuxplusone | Reward existing answer | |
| Jan 15, 2021 at 17:49 | comment | added | Ahmed Tawfik | @jamesqf Yes the Malaysian as mentioned wherever else on this page. | |
| Jan 15, 2021 at 1:01 | answer | added | Hashim Aziz | timeline score: 17 | |
| Jan 14, 2021 at 20:31 | vote | accept | SKKennell | ||
| Jan 14, 2021 at 12:03 | answer | added | Journeyman Geek | timeline score: 1 | |
| Jan 14, 2021 at 10:57 | answer | added | Soner from The Ottoman Empire | timeline score: 3 | |
| Jan 13, 2021 at 19:45 | comment | added | jamesqf | Re "Muslims who have been a part of space missions", have any actual believing Muslims (as opposed to people from Islamic cultures/backgrounds) been part of space missions? | |
| Jan 13, 2021 at 17:23 | comment | added | Daniel R. Collins | Possibly of interest -- this passage from Wikipedia on the number of times the Kaaba has been rebuilt. | |
| Jan 13, 2021 at 16:52 | answer | added | Quuxplusone | timeline score: 6 | |
| Jan 13, 2021 at 14:03 | answer | added | Dario Quint | timeline score: 73 | |
| Jan 13, 2021 at 12:16 | vote | accept | SKKennell | ||
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| Jan 13, 2021 at 12:02 | comment | added | Flater | @SKKennell: Muslims are not going to pull out their telescope, physically look at the Earth, and align themselves five times a day. They're going to have some sort of reliable information that reveals the direction they should pray in. Keep in mind we're talking about a planet-colonizing civilization. Muslims already have apps for that today (mostly used by traveling Muslims right now) and we're not colonizing planets yet. So when you have those apps, whether Earth still exists is irrelevant. You could just calculate where Earth would have been. | |
| Jan 13, 2021 at 8:35 | comment | added | PcMan | The muslim religion tends to be a bit more practical with matters like this. Do what you can, and what you cannot do despite best effort, you are not blamed for. With the Earth slagged, they would still be able to determine prayer orientation, but they would accept that the Hajj is no longer practical, and would not fault the believers for failing to perform it. | |
| Jan 13, 2021 at 7:57 | answer | added | Tom | timeline score: 7 | |
| Jan 13, 2021 at 2:03 | answer | added | alephzero | timeline score: 63 | |
| Jan 13, 2021 at 1:56 | comment | added | alephzero | Right from the start, Islam had (and still has) special rules concerning prayers while travelling. | |
| Jan 13, 2021 at 1:48 | comment | added | alephzero | Islam is usually pragmatic about practical issues. It is only obligatory to pray facing Mecca if you can discover its direction, and if it is physically possible to do so. (In fact astrolabes were used by early travelers to find the correct direction anywhere on earth). There are already commercial aircraft which include a masjid with an automatic "electronic qibla" so there is no technical problem here. The similar question of how to observe Ramadan if you are within the Arctic or Antarctic Circle and there is no astronomical "sunrise and sunset" also has an accepted pragmatic solution. | |
| Jan 13, 2021 at 0:42 | comment | added | cowlinator | Even if the Earth were completely destroyed with no remnant, I imagine that they could still orient toward the location where Earth would have been in it's orbit, since orbits are stable and can be easily predicted for hundreds of years. | |
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| Jan 12, 2021 at 17:05 | comment | added | user6760 | Attention all readers, this question involves religious matter in the real world so kindly refrain from disinformation and misinformation. My interpretation is the prayer is meant for the god not a location but who am I to debate. | |
| Jan 12, 2021 at 16:49 | answer | added | Demigan | timeline score: 3 | |
| Jan 12, 2021 at 16:48 | answer | added | Willk | timeline score: 3 | |
| Jan 12, 2021 at 16:41 | comment | added | SKKennell | @AlexP I'm...not quite sure because in those questions, despite being on different planets, the whole earth and Mecca is still there which makes salah and finding qibla normal for that change of era. This earth and mecca are gone, which feels like there's a change on context. I will, however, read them of course, to help keep myself educated on my options. | |
| Jan 12, 2021 at 16:36 | review | Close votes | |||
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| Jan 12, 2021 at 16:20 | comment | added | AlexP | Does this answer your question: A mosque on Mars?. See also "How could a Muslim pray from the Moon?" on the Islam StackExchange. | |
| Jan 12, 2021 at 16:18 | answer | added | hszmv | timeline score: 10 | |
| Jan 12, 2021 at 16:05 | history | edited | L.Dutch♦ | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Jan 12, 2021 at 16:04 | answer | added | L.Dutch♦ | timeline score: 7 | |
| Jan 12, 2021 at 16:04 | answer | added | Alendyias | timeline score: 3 | |
| Jan 12, 2021 at 15:50 | history | asked | SKKennell | CC BY-SA 4.0 |