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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Prayer in congregation with a slight deviation from the qiblah

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Question:
The last question. The last question, I want to follow up with the Shaykh, follow up with the Shaykh. Perhaps you can call the Ifta' office again. Thank you, Honorable Shaykh. If a group prays facing a direction other than the qiblah and it turns out that they deviated slightly, what is the ruling on those prayers?

Answer:
A slight deviation does not harm, because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
Any direction that is between east and west can be taken as a qiblaقال ما بين المشرق والمغرب قبلة
Muwatta Malik 14:9
meaning for the people of Madinah and those in their direction. The qiblah for one who sees the Ka'bah is that he must pray toward it and not deviate from it. As for one who does not see it, he faces the direction in which the Ka'bah is and prays. If he prays and does not deviate from it, neither to the right nor to the left, a slight deviation does not harm. Yes.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، برنامج (فتاوى) (065) لمعالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان بتاريخ [1435-08-27] - كبار العلماء — youtube.com (28:05)

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