Viewing a single comment thread. View all comments

ModmanX t1_jdv8w1l wrote

Reply to comment by brokenB42morrow in TIL that there are official guidelines for muslims to perform their rituals from space since 2007, when the first malaysian astronaut join the space station. by TonahVilla

According to the article, you pray towards the general direction of earth

20

brokenB42morrow t1_jdv90sy wrote

What if humans can travel through wormholes one day or travel to another dimension?

4

Bmystic t1_jdvagag wrote

Pick a direction in which you believe Earth should be, even if that is the direction of where the wormhole was. Problem solved.

16

MandolinMagi t1_jdxpd93 wrote

At some point I imagine you'd start sending little bits of the Kaba (Mecca sacred stone) to new planets/galaxies

2

Who_DaFuc_Asked t1_jdwo0ut wrote

Muslims aren't going to be around in the year 56020 on TRAPPIST-1 HUME COLONY 1-A, humans will have either gotten rid of religion or get wiped out well before then.

1

John_Fx t1_jdvo9bs wrote

a dimension isn’t a place. do you ever travel to “width”?

−3

brokenB42morrow t1_jdvs3u8 wrote

"A parallel universe, also known as a parallel dimension, alternate universe, or alternate reality, is a hypothetical self-contained plane of existence, co-existing with one's own."

3

John_Fx t1_jdyaavf wrote

Putting quotes around an inaccurate statement doesn't give it any more credibility.

Also i see you took that from a Wikipedia article "Parallel universes in fiction" Perhaps you should look up the word "fiction" too.

0

brokenB42morrow t1_jdyb3op wrote

"Fiction is any creative work, chiefly any narrative work, portraying individuals, events, or places that are imaginary, or in ways that are imaginary."

0

knghaz t1_jdy88ck wrote

It's a strange ruling to require even facing earth because of this verse I think it would annul any requirement to follow a direction if it's difficult or impractical.

2:177 Piety is not to turn your faces towards the east and the west, but pious is one who believes in God and the Last Day, and the angels, and the Book, and the prophets, and who gives money out of love to the relatives, and the orphans, and the needy, and the wayfarer, and those who ask, and to free the slaves; and who upholds the prayer, and who seeks purification; and those who keep their pledges when they make a pledge, and those who are patient in the face of adversity and hardship and when in despair. These are the ones who have been truthful, and these are the righteous.

1