: The Federal Territory Mufti Office has told Muslims not to park their vehicles along highways to pray, as it endangers lives.
He was commenting on recent incidents of highway users performing Subuh prayers on the emergency lane of the Kuala Lumpur-Karak Highway. “Therefore, praying by the side of the road is referred to as “Harus” in Islam, which means it neither earns rewards if performed nor incurs sin if unfulfilled. “Islam allows travellers to combine and shorten their prayers. However, if we are stuck in a traffic jam and are unable to move, it is permissible to pray inside our respective vehicles but only in the cases of such emergencies.”