What is the wisdom behind the Christians facing east and the Jews facing west?
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Question:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner asks: What is the wisdom behind the Christians facing east and the Jews facing west?
Answer:
The Jews do not face west; they face the Rock. The Christians face east, which is part of their religion. However, Paul the Jew, who claimed to be a Christian while seeking to corrupt the religion of the Christians—holding that Christianity is the worship of the cross and facing east—says that the east is the place where the lights rise: the sun, the moon, and the stars. This is from paganism; it is from the worship of the stars. Yes.
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner asks: What is the wisdom behind the Christians facing east and the Jews facing west?
Answer:
The Jews do not face west; they face the Rock. The Christians face east, which is part of their religion. However, Paul the Jew, who claimed to be a Christian while seeking to corrupt the religion of the Christians—holding that Christianity is the worship of the cross and facing east—says that the east is the place where the lights rise: the sun, the moon, and the stars. This is from paganism; it is from the worship of the stars. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما الحكمة من استقبال النصارى للمشرق، واستقبال اليهود للمغرب؟ للشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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