Question
The Qiblah in our Jamaat Khaanah was planned to conform with the Qiblah of the nearby Jaami' Musjid. The carpets were fitted in accordingly. A friend with a compass found that our Qiblah direction is 27 degrees off from the correct direction. Do we have to realign the carpets? It will be costly.
Answer
There is no need to re-align the carpets. The Qiblah direction which you have determined is correct. The compass act was superfluous and should not have been employed. The expert engineers from Egypt, a century ago, found that the Qiblah direction of Musjid Nabawi in Madina was not correctly facing the Ka'bah. But these moron engineers did not know that the Qiblah of Musjid Nabawi was fixed by Hadhrat Jibraeel (Alayhis salaam).
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- themajlis.co.za
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- The Majlis Vol 25 No 01
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- 2
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