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**AALee** · 04-07-2012, 12:17 PM

Wrong or right?

Shafi'i madhhab is very specific about praying in the most accurate qiblah direction possible. If I understand what brother Basil is suggesting, they probably arrive at their qiblah direction by using a flattened map, rather than seeing the earth as a round object. For example, here in southeastern Canada, we pray facing north east. According to people who follow a flat map, the correct direction would be south east. Now, there is leeway on this in the Hanafi madhhab, but there isn't much in the Shafi'i madhhab.

04-07-2012, 12:17 PM	#14
AALee Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 455 Senior Member	Wrong or right? Shafi'i madhhab is very specific about praying in the most accurate qiblah direction possible. If I understand what brother Basil is suggesting, they probably arrive at their qiblah direction by using a flattened map, rather than seeing the earth as a round object. For example, here in southeastern Canada, we pray facing north east. According to people who follow a flat map, the correct direction would be south east. Now, there is leeway on this in the Hanafi madhhab, but there isn't much in the Shafi'i madhhab.
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