Disagreement on the Qiblah in the Open Desert and Congregational Prayer
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: I was in the open desert with one of my companions, and we disagreed about the qiblah. I thought it was in this direction, and he thought it was in that direction. He asks: Do we pray in congregation facing the qiblah of one of us, or does each of us pray alone?
Answer:
Each person prays in the direction he has reached through his own ijtihad (independent legal reasoning). He prays in the direction he has reached through his own ijtihad. He does not follow the other. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: I was in the open desert with one of my companions, and we disagreed about the qiblah. I thought it was in this direction, and he thought it was in that direction. He asks: Do we pray in congregation facing the qiblah of one of us, or does each of us pray alone?
Answer:
Each person prays in the direction he has reached through his own ijtihad (independent legal reasoning). He prays in the direction he has reached through his own ijtihad. He does not follow the other. Yes.
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، ذكر الآثار عن التابعين — islamhouse.com (1:10:47)
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