An Islam question Respectful answers please.?

salam alikum

in outer space, where ever you turn you find Allah swt

however, if you can locate earth it is fine then.

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YUSUFALI: To Allah belong the east and the West: Whithersoever ye turn, there is the presence of Allah. For Allah is all-Pervading, all-Knowing.

The only option is that they would have to face the direction of earth. Once you're off-planet, there is no way to enforce that you're facing a particular spot on earth, unless you're in orbit of the planet somewhere slightly off from Mecca (not right above it).

This would also mean that, if the space station is moving (other than in a straight line), so too would the direction of earth change, and therefore the direction in which they pray. Personally, I think that would be more interesting, but I doubt this is the main point of your story.

Good luck with it!

Obviously there would be some sort of electronic or virtual qiblah finder to enable them to pray in the proper direction. (I believe this has already come up at the International Space Station.)

Here's an Earthbound version:

http://www.qiblahfinder.com/

They pray in the direction of Earth.

Earth should still be some known direction from where they are. They would simply face that direction.

If its a fantasy novel, theres no need to worry about such technicalities