16/11/2023
QIBLAH AT NEW SITE MOSQUES .
By: Adam Yusuf Adebiyi Olohunkemi
Director Markazul Ifãdah Islamic and Arabic Studies,
Mufassir Sango-Ota,Ogun State
Bismillah wa salamun ala rasulillah
Qiblah is the point at which the Muslim mosque must face as ordered by ALLAH (SWT) Q2 vs 149-150.
The qiblah is the point at which the holy mosque ka'abah was built .
The qiblah is also the point at which all Muslim must face when praying the obligatory prayer .
The qiblah is one of the condition that make prayer to be valid .
Whoever perform salat(prayer) without facing the qiblah, the salat is invalid .
Facing the qiblah when praying shows one of the unify way of Muslims prayer throughout the world .
A slight deviation from qiblah direction is overlooked, but a large deviation is not.
If a person does his best to find the qiblah direction and prays, then he finds out for certain that he prayed in a direction other than the direction of the qiblah, he does not have to repeat it, and the same applies to the one who follows him.
Those who are far away from the Ka’bah have to face qiblah in general direction; they do not have to face precisely in that direction, because The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: “Whatever is between the east and the west is the qiblah.” Al-Trimidhi& Ibn Majah (Sohih)
If there is a congregation praying, and during their prayer they are informed about the right direction of qiblah, they should all turn towards the correct direction. The same is also true for someone praying individually. Whatever part of their prayer has been performed (before changing direction) will be correct, as performed by the Prophet companions when faced the Jerusalem to turn off to ka'abah.
The qiblah is very important to the life of we Muslims especially for the following purpose
# When performing all Salat and dua session .
# When slaughtering ram on ram festival days(Eidul-adha) or for new born baby .
# When digging a grave of a Muslim deceased, the grave and dead body must face the qiblah .
Nahm, It has been discovered that in some areas in the new site where mosque is being built , most of the mosques are far from the qiblah (subhanallah) .
We have got a series of report on it and it is sadden to here that in this 21th century that Islamic knowledge has been spread to all corner of the world some are still building mosque without proper finding of the qiblah which is one of condition that make prayer in a mosque to be valid .
As a concern patriotic Muslim and an Official Islamic Clergy am using this medium to pass the notice to we Muslims to pick point those mosques that do not face the qiblah and try to make moves on how to amend it .
Prophet Muhammad ( S A W ) said "whoever see what is not good he should try to amend it with his tongue or hand or is mind but with mind that is light belief ". Trimidhi (Sahih)
And to those who like to build mosque beside or front of their house , it is one of the best rewardable deed in life but we should try to ask the learned Islamic scholars about where is the qiblah point to know the exact place to face the mosque .
May Allah continue to guide us to the right path.
salamun Alaekum warahmotullah wabarakatuhu.
