Measures That A Muslim Can Take Pertaining to Finding Qibla

Prayers is an integral part of the life of a Muslim. It is obligatory upon him or her to offer five prayers a day at their given time. In addition to an obligation, performing of prayers also serves as a means of invoking Allah Almighty and it also helps a person purify his or her soul. Therefore, a Muslim takes every measure to ensure that he or she offers prayers on time.

In addition to the requisite of offering prayers on time, there are other prerequisites of offering Salah as well, the one important one of which is facing the Qibla direction. Qibla direction refers to Kabah – the House of Allah in Macca facing which every Muslim ought to pray.

Facing Qibla seems a trivial thing for all those who offer Salah in congregation in a mosque or live in a place where they know where Qibla is located, however, things become hard when a Muslim travels frequently or goes to a place where he or she does not know the direction of Kabah. Therefore, in such cases a Muslim must know the means he or she can utilize to find Qibla direction.

·         Firstly, if at some unknown place, a Muslim must try to find a mosque regardless of whether he is going to offer prayer in congregation or not. Once a Muslim has seen the mosque, every mosque has a niche that points towards Qibla, thus by keeping that in mind a Muslim can assess the location of Qibla from the place where he or she is staying.

·         Secondly, the utilization of sun as a means of creating a compass that shows the directions is also an effective way of finding Qibla. All a Muslim has to do is to firstly know where he or she is present in relation to Qibla and once that is known the second thing he or she can do is make a dial with the help of a stick using the sunlight to find the direction. This method has long been used by people to locate Qibla effectively before the advent of all the technology.

·         Thirdly, the most conventional and iconic method of locating Qibla direction is the use of compass. The compass points the direction, thus by knowing the directions a Muslim can easily calculate where he or she is located with reference to Qibla and offer prayer facing the right direction.

·         Fourthly, the contemporary method for finding Qibla is the use of Smartphone apps that tell of Qibla direction. In this regard, a Muslim can utilize the qibla finder application on the smartphone and use it to find direction. The app uses the GPS technology to find the direction of the user, and then on the basis of that it points towards Qibla.

Conclusion:

In a nutshell, finding Qibla is the primary requisite that a Muslim must observe pertaining to offering prayer. Out of all the means of finding Kaba, the use of smartphone apps is the most convenient and trending way. Therefore, Muslims who travel frequently should utilize the apps for finding Qibla accurately.