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**dasneycomrov** · 06-17-2012, 05:14 PM

Wassalaam

As you said, out of adab, we shouldn't do it - especially if people take offense. But from what I understand, it's extremism to say that a person will incur sin if he does it.

Shaykh Salih discusses pointing feet towards the ka'bah in the following fatwa (islamqa):
http://*************/en/ref/12871
"There is nothing to say that this is not allowed, but some of the scholars regarded it as makrooh (disliked) to stretch the feet out towards the Ka’bah if one is close to it; they regarded this as makrooh but not emphatically so. But if there is a mosque somewhere else and there is a Muslim there who points his feet towards the qiblah, there is no harm in that and he is not doing anything forbidden in sha Allaah, as the scholars stated."

From askimam:
http://www.askimam.org/public/question_detail/16131
"The Qibla (direction of the Ka'bah) is considered to be one of the Sha'air (symbols) of Allah Ta'ala. Therefore, the Qibla should be respected. Stretching one's legs and spreading one's feet before others is considered a sign of disrespect"

So if pointing feet towards the ka'bah is makrooh at worst and permissible at best - I don't see why people say it's sinful to point towards a person. Allahu a'lam.

06-17-2012, 05:14 PM	#2
dasneycomrov Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 433 Senior Member	Wassalaam As you said, out of adab, we shouldn't do it - especially if people take offense. But from what I understand, it's extremism to say that a person will incur sin if he does it. Shaykh Salih discusses pointing feet towards the ka'bah in the following fatwa (islamqa): http://*************/en/ref/12871 "There is nothing to say that this is not allowed, but some of the scholars regarded it as makrooh (disliked) to stretch the feet out towards the Ka’bah if one is close to it; they regarded this as makrooh but not emphatically so. But if there is a mosque somewhere else and there is a Muslim there who points his feet towards the qiblah, there is no harm in that and he is not doing anything forbidden in sha Allaah, as the scholars stated." From askimam: http://www.askimam.org/public/question_detail/16131 "The Qibla (direction of the Ka'bah) is considered to be one of the Sha'air (symbols) of Allah Ta'ala. Therefore, the Qibla should be respected. Stretching one's legs and spreading one's feet before others is considered a sign of disrespect" So if pointing feet towards the ka'bah is makrooh at worst and permissible at best - I don't see why people say it's sinful to point towards a person. Allahu a'lam.
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