Text copied Link copied

Al-Fatawa – home

﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

Scholar
Search mode

Does a slight deviation from the qiblah invalidate the prayer?

Machine translationRead the Arabic original
Question:
Finally, he says: If it becomes clear to me that I deviated slightly from the qiblah, should I repeat the prayers? We were on a journey and we deviated from the qiblah by a small amount.

Answer:
A slight deviation does not harm, neither in travel nor in residence. A slight deviation does not harm in the prayer, because the obligatory requirement is to face the direction in which the Ka'bah is, and it is not required to face the Ka'bah itself, because that is impossible. It is sufficient to face the direction in which the Ka'bah is. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
What is between the east and the west is Qiblah.ما بين المشرق والمغرب قبلة،
Jami` at-Tirmidhi 342Sahih (Darussalam)
So the one who sees the Ka'bah must pray toward it, toward its exact location, and the one who does not see it prays toward the direction in which the Ka'bah is. Even if he deviates slightly, he is excused for that. Yes.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 7023- هل الانحراف اليسير عن القبلة يبطل الصلاة؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com

The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.

Flag this fatwa