The ruling on praying in a mosque that is misaligned with the Ka'bah

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Question:
The questioner, Riyadh, asks: What is the ruling on praying in a mosque that is misaligned with the Ka'bah by fifty-nine degrees? May Allah bless you?

Answer:
This is a matter for the authority responsible for mosques to look into the reality of this statement, because some people may imagine and assume that the mosque is misaligned, even though a slight deviation is not considered a deviation. A slight deviation that does not result in turning one's back on the Ka'bah is not considered a deviation, or if the Ka'bah is to one's side, that is not considered a deviation. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said:

What

ما

What is between the east and the west is Qiblah

بين المشرق والمغرب قبلة

Jami` at-Tirmidhi 342Sahih (Darussalam)

. Allah the Exalted said:

So turn your face toward al-Masjid al-Haram. And wherever you [believers] are, turn your faces toward it [in prayer]

فَوَلِّ وَجْهَكَ شَطْرَ الْمَسْجِدِ الْحَرَامِ وَحَيْثُ مَا كُنتُمْ فَوَلُّوا وُجُوهَكُمْ شَطْرَهُ

[Al-Baqarah 2:144]

. Therefore, the one who sees the Ka'bah must face it directly, and the one who does not see it faces the direction in which the Ka'bah is located, and this is sufficient, praise be to Allah. Yes.

Source نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 03/236 — archive.org (11:57)

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