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Planes, ships and Muslims

Ask the Orthodox Sunni Muslims are pilgrims committing a sin when they board a plane or a ship?

According to their hadith, yes. They are sinning because an airplane is a likeness of a bird and a ship is a likeness of a fish which would be considered making an image of Allah’s creation. (Refer to Hadith #838, Volume 7 in the section “Are Pictures A Sin?”)

Excerpted from 360 Questions To Ask Orthodox Sunni Muslims by Dr. Malachi Z. York