Feet

[Believer1985]

Salam to you all
This topic may come across s totally strange, but there are a few issues i would like to address about feet, and some of them are about our day to day lives, so here we go:

Hopefully my questions can be answered and hopefully others will learn something new too.

1) are we allowed to point our feet in the direction of the Qiblah if we're sitting down?

2) Are we allowed to point our feet upward towards the sky? Sometimes this happens during excercise etc. is it wrong?

3) Is it true that our shoes should not be placed upside down?

Salam

 

[Believer1985]

anyone at all?

 

[um muhammad al-mahdi]

:salam2:

Insh'Allah I will search for you but...my question is:

Who told u these things?

 

[BintMuhammad]

Assalamu alaikum Warahmatullaahi Wabarakatuhu

Insha Allaah this would help.

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Is it permissible to sleep with one’s feet towards the qiblah?

Question:
Is it allowed to sleep with legs directing towards Qibla.

Answer:
Praise be to Allaah.

Shaykh Muhammad ibn Saalih al-‘Uthaymeen (may Allaah have mercy on him) said: “There is no sin on a person if he sleep with his feet towards the Ka’bah, rather the fuqaha’ (may Allaah have mercy on them) said: if a sick person cannot stand or sit, he should pray lying on his side with his face towards the qiblah, and if he cannot then he should pray on his back with his feet towards the qiblah.”

Fataawa Ibn ‘Uthaymeen, 2/976

And Allaah knows best.

Islam Q&A

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Ruling on pointing one’s feet towards the qiblah

Question:
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?

Answer:
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.

Islam Q&A
Sheikh Muhammed Salih Al-Munajjid

 

[hijab_sister]

Insha Allaah this would help.

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Is it permissible to sleep with one’s feet towards the qiblah?

Question:
Is it allowed to sleep with legs directing towards Qibla.

Answer:
Praise be to Allaah.

Shaykh Muhammad ibn Saalih al-‘Uthaymeen (may Allaah have mercy on him) said: “There is no sin on a person if he sleep with his feet towards the Ka’bah, rather the fuqaha’ (may Allaah have mercy on them) said: if a sick person cannot stand or sit, he should pray lying on his side with his face towards the qiblah, and if he cannot then he should pray on his back with his feet towards the qiblah.”

Fataawa Ibn ‘Uthaymeen, 2/976

And Allaah knows best.

Islam Q&A

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Ruling on pointing one’s feet towards the qiblah

Question:
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?

Answer:
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.

Islam Q&A
Sheikh Muhammed Salih Al-Munajjid

salam sister
thanx its realy informative.may ALLAH reward u aamin.
waslam

 

[Believer1985]

thank you
ive heard these randomy over the years since i was a child.

ps noody in my family sleeps with theur feet poinying towards the kaba. we've all placed our beds where our feet wont e in that direction
salaam

 

[Believer1985]

bumpety bump

 

[BintMuhammad]

Assalamu alaikum,

Yes me too actually we always thought it was not good to lie down or sleep with our feet pointing towards the Qiblah until you asked and I searched for that fatwa. Jazakallaahu Khayr bro, somehow if it wasn't for you asking it, I wouldn't know.

 

[Believer1985]

^^^
I am a Sister, and youre welcome! Lol! I guess that is what i love about forums, we're here to provide answers for each other.

 

[BintMuhammad]

Assalamu alaikum,

Awww so sowee sister.. I guess I have to stop being lazy checking out someone's profile before calling them sis/bro

 

[muslimad]

hey what about leaving shoes facing the sky?? my uncle told me that it was bad and ever since iv gone into a habit of flipping shoes where ever i am ....lol

 

[sajjuaiah]

:salam2:

Regarding your 3rd question.

I think your question related to "Iqeeda" (Belief).

It is not correct "Iqeeda" (Belief) to think that the shoe or slipper goes down side-up it may cause any harm or bad.

Nothing can harm us except the will of Allah.

Allah knows best.