If a group disagrees regarding the direction of the qiblah and splits into two groups, whom should be followed?
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, if a group disagrees regarding the direction of the qiblah and splits into two groups, whom
Answer:
should be followed? Each person prays according to his own ijtihad (independent legal reasoning). If they disagree, each person prays according to his own ijtihad, according to what is most likely in his opinion, and they do not follow one another. As for the one who has no ijtihad, he says: Whom should I follow? He follows the one he considers most reliable; he follows the one he sees as more reliable.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, if a group disagrees regarding the direction of the qiblah and splits into two groups, whom
Answer:
should be followed? Each person prays according to his own ijtihad (independent legal reasoning). If they disagree, each person prays according to his own ijtihad, according to what is most likely in his opinion, and they do not follow one another. As for the one who has no ijtihad, he says: Whom should I follow? He follows the one he considers most reliable; he follows the one he sees as more reliable.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [263 -2802] إذا اختلف جماعةٌ في البر في اتجاه القبلة، وانقسموا إلى جماعتين، فمن يُتبع؟ — youtube.com
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