 السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته مرحباً بكم في أحكام SOS إليه يسهل رواحة مواركات ودكاتاً بألوه فرصيته اماركات كانت القر廊ات أسرأك! شعاري لدينا بشكل موجود شك إلي معاش السلام عليكم شكنا سلام عليكم ورحمة الله شهر، هذه هي نχية لنا عن الصلاة وخصوصه من الصلاة فهي تحتوي على مؤيد لذا اماذون الساعة وخصوصة؟ محمد وآله الطيبين الطاهرين قبل is the position in which a believer in Islam and in الله سبحانه وتعالى an overall the one who wants to practice such as the prayers to face that position and it is the Ka'bah in the city of Mecca in Arabia. Now for those who are in Mecca they would face the Ka'bah itself towards the Ka'bah and they perform their prayers. For those who are outside the Ka'bah in other countries they would face again towards the Ka'bah the position that they can actually we can actually say that they are pointing towards the Ka'bah itself. So it's important that we when we are praying we are in the correct position of the Qiblah we know the Qiblah and perform the Salah in the right direction. How do we face the Qiblah as in do we face it standing or is it sitting or is it when we are sleeping how do we actually face the Qiblah Well to face the Qiblah and Salah for those who are standing they have to make sure that their chest their face their abdomen their body parts are towards the Qiblah so when you stand to perform the Salah you must make sure you are not standing to the left side of the Qiblah or right side of the Qiblah and pray exactly towards the Qiblah itself and you perform the Salah. With regard to those who are unable to stand and pray in the position of the seat sitting they have to make sure first when they sit their soul of the feet is on the ground and again the chest the abdomen the shoulders are all towards the Qiblah and while he's sitting he does the Salah so if the Qiblah is this way I'm not allowed to pray like this so my body is facing this way my face is facing towards the Qiblah that's not allowed I should be with my shoulders my chest facing forward exactly and for the third group those who can't really sit and pray in the position of lying down or sleeping so first they have to sleep on their right hand shoulder and their chest again and body parts towards the Qiblah while they're lying down if not the left side and then again towards the Qiblah as well if not if they can only sleep on the back then they have to make sure that their feet are towards the Qiblah like the one who is محتضر in the death time when they position the meyit or the one who is almost to die towards the Qiblah from the feet so the feet should be towards the Qiblah so like the souls of the feet because they lay down exactly شخنة how do we distinguish and find where the Qiblah is I mean what instruments can we use there are different instruments in order to use to find the Qiblah number one you can ask other Muslim brothers for example who are around you they will tell you somebody who you trust even one person if you trust that person then you can ask them and you can rely on their honesty and pray the Salah otherwise for those who intend to do the Salah and perform the prayers and they can't actually find the Qiblah because the situation is when you can find the Qiblah that's fine you ask people but if you can't find you are in a city let's say you go to Spain for example you go to any open countries and you want to pray you arrived in a city and you don't know what the Qiblah is you look at the mosques for example if the mosque is let's say the Qiblah is towards this particular direction then you pray towards that direction you also can check the graveyards of the Muslims if they are towards the Qiblah then you pray towards the Qiblah so you actually look for the signs any signs which the Muslim use for the Qiblah purpose then you can rely on it and take it and if such the case is that you cannot identify the Qiblah at all I mean in the first instance we mentioned that you can find the signs you know you do your best to find the Qiblah and if you can't let's say you try to pray to the position that you think mostly is the direction of the Qiblah so the most accurate to your knowledge are you allowed to estimate so for example we know that the sun rises in the east and it sets in the west so if we look at the sun where it is in the position of the day we can tell roughly oh the sun is over there that means the west is this way east is that way north must be this way south must be this way that you can calculate if you know the positions yes if you know some geography that's fine some people can actually use the sun to point to the Qiblah that's fine if you can do it that's fine or sometimes if the Qiblah is towards the southeast or southeast or whatever it is south southeast yes exactly south southeast then you can still rely on it and you pray towards that Qiblah it depends where you are are you in northern Europe eastern Europe northern middle east south and so forth it depends where you are you still can rely on these positions if you know them roughly but however if things were unclear at all and you couldn't actually I think the worst place is the underground stations because number one when you go underground you've got to go around these spiral staircases you can't use your phone because there's no signal so you don't know which direction is north very difficult to find any form of direction when you're in the underground station in that situation what do we do in such situation if there's no time to wait let's say you're going to be in that position for 2-3 hours and then you go back home and you can pray and the still sun is shining for example the Salat al-Duhra and Asor for example in this case you wait and you go back home or nearest place or mosque and you pray there otherwise if you think you're going to be there for couple of hours more than the tassala time or even couple of days then the hukum is that the one should pray in four directions the four directions and so you pray each Salat in one direction and then in such cases that for example the time is too short it's only five minutes left to sunrise for example and you don't have the time to pray four times in four directions in this case one direction you choose and you pray just one Salat because of the shortness of the time so what happens if at the moment it's very easy to find Qibla and it's very easy to find Mecca because we live on planet earth and we know which direction it is in but what happens if for example we're on the moon if a Muslim is on the moon for whatever reason which direction is he facing to pray his Salat well insha'Allah if the Muslims were able to reach the moon with their own spaceship for example they have to just face the earth itself so from the spaceship they can face the earth and they can pray in whatever position they are other than the sitting position or standing if they can pray in the standing position they just face the earth itself and that is the Qibla for them insha'Allah we will be able to experience it one day praying in the outer space what about when we are travelling especially on a plane or in a car on the train a lot of our brothers and sisters especially in the west come across this situation where the prayer time is getting less the journeys are very long an hour and a half two hours at a time sometimes can we pray on these transportation and do we have to face Qibla as well in the time of travel and by the means of the travel either it's a bus or a train or an airplane if there is time left for you to when arriving to the destination you can wait and then pray the Salat in your destination out of the transportation so if you think you can arrive early then you can actually wait and then you pray there otherwise if the whole journey let's say you are taking an airplane from Canada to Europe or from Europe to Australia and that will take at least 7-8 hours 10 hours journey in this case yes you can pray in the airplane you find a place you have to face the Qibla of course you face the Qibla you pray towards the Qibla and all the conditions for the Salat must be met for example stability you must be stable so if the plane is shaking or changing direction you have to make sure that you stand still and then you keep quiet and then when the plane is in a stable position then you can actually resume and continue exactly I sense sheikhna in what situations when it comes to Aqam and when it comes to the Muqalif they have to face the Qibla as in the Qibla is a prerequisite or a precaracteria for example Salat or when slaughtering an animal well the things that you need to face the Qibla with the daily prayers the wajah prayers for every day you have also Salat al-Ahtiaat for the doubts within the prayers and also you have for example Salat al-Qadha for example the parts which are forgotten let's say the Sujda that you forgot to do the one Sujda or the forgotten Tashahut for example they all have to be faced the Qibla Mustahab prayers for example you have the Jama'at prayers we all pray towards the Qibla Salat al-Ayat the Salat of the signs we see calamities and so forth exactly solid eclipses exactly Salat al-Amwat as well the deceased prayers Salat al-Amwat and for example for those who let's say those of the prayers those who slaughter animals they have to make sure that the animal is towards the Qibla when it's slaughtered as well in the time of the احتضار when the one is almost on the brink of passing away from this world you're facing towards the Qibla as I've mentioned the soul of the feet the soul of the feet towards the Qibla exactly also the one who is you face the deceased towards the Qibla and the grave does it matter where they are buried as long as they are facing the Qibla or is it a situation where the head must be this side the feet must be this side it depends where they actually buried so in the north or south they have to face the Qibla wherever they are what about the Makru in regards to facing the Qibla well as mentioned in some previous episodes about that it's forbidden for the one to face the Qibla while being in the toilet for relieving oneself in the bathroom that is Haram some kind of disrespect towards the Qibla so the position must be changed from the Qibla the unit should be changed or the person should face other than the Qibla so that's the Haram part for the Qibla that we shouldn't relieve ourselves in the bathroom towards the Qibla the mustahab now many things mustahab with regard to the Qibla for example in the time of the dua you want to read the dua of the email for example or even if you want to just ask Allah for something for some wealth and prosperity from and anything you face the Qibla you say Allah for example or sustain me with wealth and so forth so it's better to use the Qibla as well when reading Quran for example you face the Qibla and you start to read the Quran especially in the month of Ramadan Ramadan that we usually read the Quran some ulama as well when they used to read and begin to revise and study the narrations of Ahl al-Bayt and the Prophet's narrations piece of them all they would face the Qibla sit down and face the Qibla and then they start to read the Hadith so that's another type of respect to the narrations of Ahl al-Bayt also when we do Dhikr and so forth تعقي after the Salah تسبحت الزار علي السلام towards the Qibla in some cases when you do Sajdah al-Shukr the Sajdah of thanking Allah which by itself mustahab also the Ayat of Sajdah the Ayat العزائم the four Surah which has Wajah of Sajdah the Qibla again and in overall it's mustahab towards the Qibla while sitting in overall as I mentioned to be at all times with you same thing if we can position ourselves towards the Qibla even let's say if I am at work and I go in office chair and table I would face it towards the Qibla good as well with regard to the Makruhat of the Qibla it is undesirable and Makruh for the one to have the intercourse you know the husband and the wife towards the Qibla itself it's Makruh, it's not Haram it's Makruh so they have to position themselves in a different direction than the Qibla that's not Haram, that's Makruh the Haram is only with regard to the toilet and relieving oneself so Shaykhna if I am not facing the Qibla does that invalidate my prayer do I have to pray that again? well there are two scenarios that say about this issue number one that if I do not face the Qibla with purpose with the intention of not praying towards the Qibla but I just want to pray towards any other sides in this case if it's with purpose and intention of not then the Salah is a battle of course and I have to repeat the Salah either in time or if it's outside of time however if the situation changes and let's say I rented a new property a house or went to a place that I I thought that the Qibla is in this direction then I discovered that it was in a different direction and there's a rule for that the hadith of Imam SAW he says if I was ignorant about the position and the direction of the Qibla or I forgot about it or I wasn't aware of the position or I was mistaken you know the GPS didn't work gave me the wrong direction I prayed if the the praying in this situation of not knowing or mistaken or forgetting or being unaware of the Qibla Qibla position if I pray in this situation if the pray was between the east side and the west side of the Mosalli the prayer then whatever is prayed within this area and boundary he doesn't have to repeat the Salah so let's say if the Qibla is straight as I'm sitting now and it is actually if I'm sitting now the Qibla is in front of me but I prayed slightly to the right or slightly to the left and I never knew about it until the somebody else came and informed me I found out later on for example because it's just slightly to the left or slightly to the right and I didn't know then the Salah is valid so I don't have to repeat but if it was more than the the east side or the west side or it was actually opposite so the Qibla is this side and I'm praying the opposite side the Salah must be redone and invalid so you said wherever the Qibla is you're allowed probably 90 degrees to the left 90 degrees to the right of that that's if you don't know 100% where it is if you find out later on actually it was in a totally different direction you have to repeat the prayers again exactly the hadith says ما شرقو المغرب so between the east and the west side of the prayer so anything that you prayed although it's not towards the Qibla itself it was different than the Qibla side because you were unaware you didn't know you're mistaken with your calculations in terms of the Qibla direction then the Salah is accepted valid otherwise more than this than this limit you know as I've said opposite side of the Qibla then you have to repeat the Salah I've said the Shaykh now thank you very much for that and thank you to all of you who has joined us on today's discussion on facing the Qibla if you have any questions in regards to the Salah or any other topic please contact us on the details provided and inshallah the Shaykh will be able to answer them as soon as he can السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته