If two people exert their effort in determining the direction of the qiblah and pray in opposite directions, is it permissible for one of them to follow the other?
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: If two scholars exert their effort and one does not follow the other, is it permissible for one of them to follow the other in prayer so that they pray in opposite directions, with one acting as the imam for the other?
Answer:
No, it is not possible for them to follow one another; each one prays in his own direction. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: If two scholars exert their effort and one does not follow the other, is it permissible for one of them to follow the other in prayer so that they pray in opposite directions, with one acting as the imam for the other?
Answer:
No, it is not possible for them to follow one another; each one prays in his own direction. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [512 -3022] إن اجتهدا اثنان في اتجاه القبلة، فصليا باتجاهين متعاكسين، هل يجوز أن يأتم أحدهما بالآخر؟ — youtube.com
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