I prayed in a mosque with an imam who had deviated slightly from the qiblah direction, but the ma'mum remained in their positions!
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. I prayed in a mosque where the qiblah direction had a clear deviation. He says: I prayed in a mosque where the qiblah direction had a clear deviation, and the imam deviated according to the correct qiblah direction, but the ma'mum remained in their positions. What is the ruling in that?
Answer:
The ruling in this is to refer to the department responsible for mosques, and they send people of expertise to look at the qiblah to see if it is deviated or not. As for everyone acting on their own in the mosques, saying this is deviated and this is not, that is not permissible. This causes doubt among the people. They go to the department responsible for mosques, and it comes with its instruments and checks the qiblah. Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. I prayed in a mosque where the qiblah direction had a clear deviation. He says: I prayed in a mosque where the qiblah direction had a clear deviation, and the imam deviated according to the correct qiblah direction, but the ma'mum remained in their positions. What is the ruling in that?
Answer:
The ruling in this is to refer to the department responsible for mosques, and they send people of expertise to look at the qiblah to see if it is deviated or not. As for everyone acting on their own in the mosques, saying this is deviated and this is not, that is not permissible. This causes doubt among the people. They go to the department responsible for mosques, and it comes with its instruments and checks the qiblah. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [1025 /1350] صليت في مسجد مع إمام قد انحرف قليلا حسب اتجاه القبلة، لكن المأمومين باقون على وضعهم!..؟ — youtube.com
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