There is no excuse for not praying especially when travelling. Allah SWT has made it so easy for us to pray while travelling by shortening our prayers.
Of course, no globetrotter is on full alert unless they have the essential tools for this. Over the years I have prayed in some weird places, from corners in shopping malls to changing rooms in Greece with people checking if I am OK. 🙂
Here are the tools I use that make my travels easy and prayers enjoyable rather than a burden.
Prayer Times
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If you know where you are going and you have internet you can check the prayer time while you are there. One of my best tips is to take a screenshot of the prayer times on your phone. This way I know that even if I am out sightseeing I can always plan my prayers. I prefer to take a screen-shot of the daily prayers from Islamfinder.com along with the direction of Qibla. This takes one worry away from me and I can enjoy being a happy Muslim traveller. 🙂
Prayer Mat
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No Muslim traveller is fully ready unless they have the all essential prayer mat. I have found this to be an excellent accessory in my bag no matter whether I am travelling or just shopping in the mall. They have the small foldable prayer mats that are easy to carry with you all the time. They are light, cheap and easy to wash.
Compass App
Start compass app
I can’t remember how many times I have rang the hotels reception asking them for directions of south/east/west/north and they always give me different answers. Over the years I have used the Islamic apps that have a Qibla compass, I have found them not to be that reliable. So in order to make sure I have done my best to pray in the right direction I use a normal compass from the App Store. It is free and totally simple. Once I know the direction (which I have already taken a screenshot from Islamicfinder.com I can simply rotate and find the degrees I need). The whole thing makes the process so much easier.
Top Tip:
Always remember to pray on time and make dua inshaAllah as the dua of the traveller is accepted. Also, don’t forget to make dua for the MuslimTravelGirl. 🙂
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sara says
wow i wish i had the confidence to pray anywhere.
Elena Nikolova says
Dear Sara,
You will be amazed by how nice and accomodating people can be for us to pray. Today I prayed in the middle of the Business lounge in the airport and no one said anything. Thing about the reward 🙂 inshaAllah
It just takes 3 seconds to feel as ease
anum says
omg! ur amazing!talk about being adventurous…
Hooha says
Changing rooms! Haha i did that once haha in a uniqlo store haha. Its actually much better than praying in the dingy cold dark staircases! Anyway i would like to ask if you have any articles where it is hard for you to find halal food abroad oh and also of you have experience traveling during Ramadhan because im traveling to hong kong and china this weekend and would like to know some tips!
Cipta says
Uhm…. I would suggest an app named Muslim Pro. Got reminder of praying time, compass, methods how to calculate praying time, and digital Quran with translation.