What is the correct Qibla for North America?
Question
As salaamu alaikum respected Shaykh,
I have been told by several brtothers who say the correct direction from Canada and the US is southeast and not northeast,
What is the correct direction from North America?
Jazakallahu Khayr
Answer
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
As-salāmu ‘alaykum wa-rahmatullāhi wa-barakātuh.
The correct direction of the Qibla for North America is towards Northeast. It is not permissible to pray towards the Southeast.[1]
And Allah Ta’āla Knows Best
Tahmid Chowdhury
Student Darul Iftaa
New York, USA
Checked and Approved by,
Mufti Ebrahim Desai.
References (Arabic / Urdu sources)
[1]
Port in a Storm: A Fiqh Solution to the Qibla of North America
(Sheikh) Nuh Ha Mim Keller
- Answered by
- Tahmid Chowdhury
- Checked & approved by
- Mufti Ebrahim Desai
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