The remainder of the answer to: What is the ruling on the prayer of one who faces the Black Stone and turns his back to the Ka'bah?
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The questioner : Your Eminence, may Allah preserve you: You have said in several places that it is not permissible to perform tawaf between the Hijr and the Ka'bah.
The Shaykh : What?
The questioner : It is not permissible to perform tawaf between the Hijr and the Ka'bah.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : Is the prayer permissible if one faces the Hijr and turns his back to the Ka'bah?
The Shaykh : If?
The questioner : If one faces the Hijr and turns his back to the Ka'bah.
The Shaykh : Faces?
The questioner : If one faces the Hijr and turns his back to the Ka'bah, is the prayer permissible?
The Shaykh : The prayer is not valid if one turns his back to the Ka'bah and faces the Hijr, because the northern end of the Hijr is outside the Ka'bah; it is a wall in a place that is not its proper place. Therefore, the part of the Ka'bah facing it is empty space, not a distinct, standing object to which one prays. Furthermore, I think that such an action would not occur except out of playfulness or mockery. How can one pray when the Ka'bah is behind him and he is facing the northern wall of the Hijr? Only a mocking person, a scoffer, or a fool would do this.
The questioner : A fiqh issue is built upon this, which is the purpose of the question. A fiqh issue is built upon this: if we say that tawaf, meaning it is not permissible between the Black Stone and the Ka'bah, some people think that if he prays between the Black Stone and the Ka'bah, it is like praying inside the Ka'bah.
The Shaykh : No, it is not so, because the northern wall of the Black Stone is outside the Ka'bah, for the entire Black Stone is not part of the Ka'bah, but only a measure of six and a half cubits is part of the Ka'bah, and the rest is not part of the Ka'bah.
Yes, if a person prays toward the eastern wall of the Black Stone, which is inside the Black Stone, or toward the western wall, there is no harm.
The questioner : If the Ka'bah is on his left, O Shaykh...
The Shaykh : And the Ka'bah is on his left or right.
The questioner : Is the prayer valid?
The Shaykh : The prayer is valid, because he faced a wall of the walls of the Ka'bah, yes.
The Shaykh : What?
The questioner : It is not permissible to perform tawaf between the Hijr and the Ka'bah.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : Is the prayer permissible if one faces the Hijr and turns his back to the Ka'bah?
The Shaykh : If?
The questioner : If one faces the Hijr and turns his back to the Ka'bah.
The Shaykh : Faces?
The questioner : If one faces the Hijr and turns his back to the Ka'bah, is the prayer permissible?
The Shaykh : The prayer is not valid if one turns his back to the Ka'bah and faces the Hijr, because the northern end of the Hijr is outside the Ka'bah; it is a wall in a place that is not its proper place. Therefore, the part of the Ka'bah facing it is empty space, not a distinct, standing object to which one prays. Furthermore, I think that such an action would not occur except out of playfulness or mockery. How can one pray when the Ka'bah is behind him and he is facing the northern wall of the Hijr? Only a mocking person, a scoffer, or a fool would do this.
The questioner : A fiqh issue is built upon this, which is the purpose of the question. A fiqh issue is built upon this: if we say that tawaf, meaning it is not permissible between the Black Stone and the Ka'bah, some people think that if he prays between the Black Stone and the Ka'bah, it is like praying inside the Ka'bah.
The Shaykh : No, it is not so, because the northern wall of the Black Stone is outside the Ka'bah, for the entire Black Stone is not part of the Ka'bah, but only a measure of six and a half cubits is part of the Ka'bah, and the rest is not part of the Ka'bah.
Yes, if a person prays toward the eastern wall of the Black Stone, which is inside the Black Stone, or toward the western wall, there is no harm.
The questioner : If the Ka'bah is on his left, O Shaykh...
The Shaykh : And the Ka'bah is on his left or right.
The questioner : Is the prayer valid?
The Shaykh : The prayer is valid, because he faced a wall of the walls of the Ka'bah, yes.