A discussion between the Shaykh and a student regarding the direction of the qiblah, the corners of the Ka'bah, and the position of Sham relative to the Ka'bah.

The Shaykh: Look at the middle of this line, do you see the part that is a bit darker?
The student: Yes, Shaykh.

The Shaykh: Here is Makkah. Are you facing Makkah now? Am I facing this way or that way?

The questioner : Like this.

The Shaykh: Where would the sun be at that time? Look.

The questioner: In front of me... the sun is over there.

The Shaykh: No, it is here.

The questioner: Okay, our brothers over there, my Shaykh, you have informed them about the time as well. So let us return to the question. The direction is in Makkah and elsewhere... May Allah reward you with good.

The Shaykh: I am telling you that this is the Ka'bah relative to you. You are currently facing south. I am facing southwest. The one over there is facing east. The one in this corner is facing southeast, and so on. Therefore, I referred you to the greatest example, which is Makkah. You are now visualizing it, even though when I asked you to imagine you were at Zamzam, you did not know how to answer me.

The questioner: Yes.

The Shaykh: Now, visualize the Ka'bah with me. It is cubic, and behind it are four walls facing four directions.

The questioner: Yes.

The Shaykh: So you know there are two Yemeni corners.

The questioner: Yes.

The Shaykh: And there are two Sham corners.

The questioner: Yes.

The Shaykh: If someone asked you what the two Yemeni corners are and what the two Sham corners are, perhaps you would be able to answer well.

The questioner: I mean, the two Sham corners are the ones in the direction of Sham.

The Shaykh: All right.

The questioner: And the two Yemeni corners are the ones in the direction of Yemen.

The Shaykh: Very good. So the people in Sham, if they want to face the qiblah, which of the four directions are they facing?

The questioner: The people in Sham.

The Shaykh : Yes.

The questioner: The northern corner.

The Shaykh: May Allah guide you. I am talking about the four directions. Which of the four directions are the people of Sham facing if they want to face the Ka'bah? Which of the four directions?

The questioner: From the Black Stone, facing it.

The Shaykh: My brother, may Allah guide you. I am telling you about the four directions. What are the four directions?

The questioner: The four directions of the Ka'bah.
The student: East, west, north, south.

The Shaykh: Now, where are you?

The questioner : Okay, our Shaykh.

The Shaykh: Where are you now?

The questioner : ... .

The Shaykh: I will look at my soul, I will look at my body. My body has never been out. Where are you now? Tell me.

The questioner: In the north.

The Shaykh: What are the four directions?

The questioner: North, south, east, and west.

The Shaykh: Okay, and the people in Sham.

The questioner: North.

The Shaykh: North.

The questioner: Yes.

The Shaykh: So I am asking you: if someone is in Sham, and you are now in Sham, which of the four directions are they facing when they face the Ka'bah?

The questioner: South.

The Shaykh: Yes. And if someone is in Yemen.

The questioner: They face north.

The Shaykh: He needs to be careful now.

The questioner: North, because the people of the north are in the south relative to them.
The student: Did he not tell you about the northern corner and the corner?
Another student: The Yemeni and the northern one.

The Shaykh: Yes. So now, if someone is in Yemen.

The questioner: They face south.
The student: No.
Another student: The one in the north faces south.
Another student: Yes, we are in the north, so we face south.
Another student: ...

The Shaykh: Hehehe.
The student: Hehehe.
Another student: You have confused us.

The Shaykh: May Allah guide you.
The student: The talk affected him.

The Shaykh: All right.
The student: ... Shaykh, what is wrong with you today regarding Abu Faris?
Another student: On the contrary, by Allah...
Another student: His luck is...

The Shaykh: Hehehe.
The student : ... .
Another student: Do not record, Sami. May Allah be pleased with you.

The Shaykh : Yes.
The student: The benefit in it has benefits, like this.
Another student: ... Our Shaykh, have we surrendered?

The Shaykh: Okay, a geographical question.
The student : Yes, my Shaykh.

The Shaykh: To put your mind at ease a little. May Allah preserve you.
The student : Amen, and you too.

The Shaykh: In which direction is Egypt located relative to you now?
The student: In the south.

The Shaykh: No, no, no. May Allah guide you. Do you not want to pass? You are failing in everything. It is being recorded against you. Cover yourself.
The student: Our Shaykh, it is below... below on the map, below.

The Shaykh: Okay, in which direction is Iraq now relative to your position? You are in the east. Okay, where is the east?
The student: This is the east, this.

The Shaykh: So when an Iraqi faces the Ka'bah, which of the four directions is he facing?
The student: West.

The Shaykh: West? How? How? The one who is in the east and the one who is in the west, when he wants to face the Ka'bah at the time of Dhuhr, the sun must be on his right.
The student: Is this what we understood?

The Shaykh: Yes, this is what you understood, and...
The student: Here you put the sun on your right, and the Ka'bah is directly in front of you. He is now going to change, my Shaykh, he is going to change.

The Shaykh: Yes, if Allah wills.
The student: If Allah wills, hehe.

The Shaykh: No, the sign of good news has appeared.
The student : Praise be to Allah.

The Shaykh : ... Praise be to Allah.
The student: Shall we give the adhan, my Shaykh?

The Shaykh: Yes, let's go.

The questioner: ... Where is the direction in the west?
The student : Allah is the Greatest, Allah is the Greatest.

The Shaykh: No, no, he is present but not in his usual state, but I mean the answer... Allahu Akbar.