Qibla
Sign in to savethumb|Muslims surrounding and facing the [[Kaaba for prayer]] The qibla () is the direction towards the Kaaba in the Sacred Mosque in Mecca, which is used by Muslims in various religious contexts, particularly the direction of prayer for the salah. According to Islamic tradition, the Kaaba is believed to be a sacred site built by prophets Abraham and Ishmael, and that its use as the qibla was ordained by God in several verses of the Quran revealed to Muhammad in the second Hijri year. Prior to this revelation, Muhammad and his followers in Medina faced Jerusalem for prayers. Most mosques conta
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The qibla is the direction toward the Kaaba, a sacred building in Mecca, that Muslims face when performing their daily prayers. Muslims consider the Kaaba a holy site built by the prophets Abraham and Ishmael, and Islamic tradition holds that God commanded them to pray in this direction through verses revealed to the Prophet Muhammad.
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- Location
- Religious significance
- ''{{Transliteration|ar|Ayn al-ka'ba}}'' and ''{{Transliteration|ar|jihat al-ka'ba}}''
- Determination
- Theoretical basis: the great circle
- Calculations with spherical trigonometry
- Shadow observation
- On the world map
- Traditional methods
- Development of methods
- Pre-astronomy
- With astronomy
- Instruments
- Diversity
- Early Islamic world
- Indonesia
- North America
- Space and ISS
- See also
- Notes
- References
- Citations
- Bibliography
- External links
thumb|Muslims surrounding and facing the [[Kaaba for prayer]] The qibla () is the direction towards the Kaaba in the Sacred Mosque in Mecca, which is used by Muslims in various religious contexts, particularly the direction of prayer for the salah. According to Islamic tradition, the Kaaba is believed to be a sacred site built by prophets Abraham and Ishmael, and that its use as the qibla was ordained by God in several verses of the Quran revealed to Muhammad in the second Hijri year. Prior to this revelation, Muhammad and his followers in Medina faced Jerusalem for prayers. Most mosques contain a (a wall niche) that indicates the direction of the qibla.
The qibla is also the direction for entering the (sacred state for the hajj pilgrimage), the direction to which animals are turned during (Islamic slaughter), the recommended direction to make (supplications), the direction to avoid when relieving oneself or spitting, and the direction to which the deceased are aligned when buried. The qibla may be observed facing the Kaaba accurately () or facing in the general direction (). Most Islamic scholars consider that is acceptable if the more precise cannot be ascertained.