I am a young man who works on a ship. I start my work after the ‘Asr prayer and work until Fajr. I find no time to pray either Maghrib or ‘Ishaa’ so what should I do in this case? Please respond because we do not know what to do.

All perfect praise be to Allaah, The Lord of the Worlds. I testify that there is none worthy of worship except Allaah, and that Muhammad is His slave and Messenger.

Establishing the prayer is the second pillar of Islam so it is not permissible for any Muslim to miss any prayer regardless of his conditions. He is also not permitted to delay it after the prescribed time. As for the mentioned case, it is easy to offer prayer as water is available and it is easy to offer it on board the ship. Therefore, there is no concession to postpone or combine the prayers unless your traveling deserves the concession of shortening the prayer. In that case, you may either make an advanced combining of prayers or delayed. Ibn Umar narrated that the Messenger of Allaah, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, was asked about offering prayer on board a ship. The man said: “How could I offer prayer on a ship?” The Prophet, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, replied:“Offer it standing unless you fear drowning.” [Al-Haakim and classed as Saheeh by Al-Albaani[

Allaah Knows best.