Prayer: Do fighter pilots who regularly travel beyond the shar‘ī distance have to shorten their prayers or fast?
Practical Laws of Islam as per the teachings of Imam Khamenei
Prayer: Do fighter pilots who regularly travel beyond the shar‘ī distance have to shorten their prayers or fast?
English:
Question #641:
What rule applies to prayer and fasting of fighter pilots who, on most days, fly from their air bases and travel a distance much more then the shar‘ī distance and return again?
Answer #641:
Their rule in this regard is the rule of car drivers, sailors, and pilots, i.e., during their traveling, they pray in full and their fasting is valid.
-Imam Khamenei, Practical Laws of Islam, Importance and Conditions of Prayer