FatwaFederal TerritoriesPrayer (Salah)
BAYAN LINNAS SIRI KE-96 : ISU KESALAHAN PENENTUAN QIBLAT DALAM SOLAT
Must a prayer be made up if the direction of the qiblat is later found to be wrong?
Short answer
Facing the Kaaba is a condition for a valid prayer for those who are able, and there is no disagreement on this.
A reference, not a fatwa. First sentence of the summary below — read the original fatwa and consult your state authority before acting.
- Authority
- Federal Territories Mufti Office
- Date
- Status
- Opinion (irsyad)
- Series
- Bayan Linnas
- Topic
- Prayer (Salah)
No evidence of gazettement in the source — this is not a gazetted fatwa.
Summary
Facing the Kaaba is a condition for a valid prayer for those who are able, and there is no disagreement on this. If the qiblat direction is found to be wrong, scholars differ: the stronger view in the Shafi'i school requires the prayer to be made up, while one Shafi'i position, the Hanafi school and the Hanbali school do not require repetition for a person who made ijtihad. The Hanafi school requires repetition if the person prayed without trying to find the correct direction. In the Maliki school, the well-known view is that the prayer is repeated within its time if the qiblat was clearly wrong, and it need not be repeated only when there were no clear signs.
Written in our own words from the original fatwa — check the source before acting on it.
Tiada khilaf dalam kalangan fuqaha' bahawa menghadap ke arah Kaabah merupakan syarat sah solat bagi yang berkemampuan.
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How to cite
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Federal Territories Mufti Office. “BAYAN LINNAS SIRI KE-96 : ISU KESALAHAN PENENTUAN QIBLAT DALAM SOLAT”, 6 June 2017. https://muftiwp.gov.my/ms/artikel/bayan-linnas/802-bayan-linnas-siri-ke-96-isu-kesalahan-penentuan-qiblat-dalam-solat. Found via Rujuk Fatwa: https://rujukfatwa.com/en/fatwa/make-up-prayer-wrong-qiblat-direction/