Shadee Elmasry – 6 The Qibla How To Face Makka for Prayer
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The speakers discuss the five precondition for a prayer, including the direction of Mecca and the distance between America and Europe. They also mention the use of technology to fly from the northeast and avoid snow in New Jersey. The pre- [RR of the prayer is discussed, including the importance of praying with Muslims and following the Qibla.
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The fifth and final precondition is pretty simple. And that is to
face the direction of Mecca. And for us any easterly direction
suffices. Okay, now when you think about where we are, let's say New
Jersey or pretty much all of North America and where Mecca is,
clearly we are north of MK we get snow in Mecca doesn't, right How
could anyone commonsensical II think that New Jersey is more is
is not north of Mecca, New Jersey is clearly north of Mecca.
However, if you think about if the criterion is the shortest distance
between Mecca, and America, or even England, let's say, then it's
going to be northeast, it's not going to be southeast. Well,
actually, I shouldn't speak for England, I don't know how they
they fly out. But for us, we fly northeast. Why? Because the Earth
is oblong, right? It's not flat. So by the equator, you would have
to come out. So for a plane to go southeast, it would have to go out
because the Earth is rounded at that, at the equatorial level have
to go out and around. Whereas if you're the northern part of the
world is shallow, okay? Like it's more shallow, so you could just
dip. So you would actually go north and then dip South is
actually the shorter route. So from the aspects of common sense,
it's going to be southeast from the aspect of shortest distance,
it's going to be northeast. So the summary of what the scholars have
told us is that any easterly direction for us Americans,
anywhere East know, you could use your compass on your phone, you
could use the highway systems if you want, right. So if you know
that a certain Turnpike is going this way, then that's north and
that's east, okay. And that's northeast, if you're gonna build a
mosque, you're gonna build it northeast if you're going to pray
with Muslims, you look north east. Why? Because all of us here like
99.9% of Muslims in America pray NE So that's the Qibla that you're
going to use when you're playing praying with a group. Alright, so
those are your five preconditions again, entrance of the prayer
time, purification of your close skin and place of prayer. We'll do
covering your body and facing the Qibla these are the five
preconditions of the prayer