The ruling on praying toward al-Quds in our time
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: I am not from this country, but from the land of Sham. Is it permissible for me to pray in the direction of al-Quds?
Answer:
We ask Allah for well-being. The one who prays toward al-Quds is a disbeliever; because acting upon what has been abrogated is not permissible. One moves to what abrogates it, and it is not permissible to act upon what has been abrogated. So if a person now turns toward al-Quds, he is a disbeliever. Turning toward al-Quds was only before the abrogation. Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: I am not from this country, but from the land of Sham. Is it permissible for me to pray in the direction of al-Quds?
Answer:
We ask Allah for well-being. The one who prays toward al-Quds is a disbeliever; because acting upon what has been abrogated is not permissible. One moves to what abrogates it, and it is not permissible to act upon what has been abrogated. So if a person now turns toward al-Quds, he is a disbeliever. Turning toward al-Quds was only before the abrogation. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [3436/1997] حكم الصلاة إلى بيت المقدس في زماننا هذا - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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