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  • Jul 30, 2009, 12:17 PM
    afriz_77
    Pointing our feet towards Qiblah
    Assalam Alikum!
    I have listened from many Muslims that pointing our feet towards Qiblah (kaabah) is extremely forbidden. But I have never seen any Quranic Quote or Hadith which can prove this statement. Can any body give reference from Quran or Hadith which can prove this statement?
  • Aug 1, 2009, 09:52 AM
    firmbeliever

    Wa alaikum salaam afriz,

    Could you tell me how do you mean point our feet at the Kaaba?

    I do not understand how can it be forbidden when we face the Qiblah for every prayer (at least 5 times a day or sometimes more when you include the supererogatory prayers).
    Each time we face the Qiblah our feet are facing that direction.

    Or did you mean this...
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    Islam Question and Answer - Ruling on pointing one?s feet towards the qiblah
    Some people say that you are not allowed to point your feet at the qibla while sitting down in the mosque and that it is bad adaab. Does this have any basis or is it a cultural thing or is an addition?

    Praise be to Allaah.

    Shaykh 'Abd-Allaah ibn Humayd (may Allaah have mercy on him) was asked about pointing one's feet in the direction of the qiblah. He replied:

    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. And Allaah knows best.

    See Fataawa al-Shaykh Ibn Humayd, p. 144

    Shaykh Ibn 'Uthaymeen was asked about pointing the feet towards the qiblah whilst sleeping. He said:

    There is no blame on a person if he sleeps and his feet are pointing towards the qiblah.

    Fataawa al-Shaykh Ibn 'Uthaymeen, 2/976.
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