Question Summary:
What is the correct Qibla for North America?

Question Detail:

As salaamu alaikum respected Shaykh, 

Answer :

In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.

As-salāmu ‘alaykum wa-rahmatullāhi wa-barakātuh.

The correct direction of the Qibla for North America is towards Northeast. It is not permissible to pray towards the Southeast.^[1]

And Allah Ta’āla Knows Best

Tahmid Chowdhury

Student Darul Iftaa

New York, USA

Checked and Approved by,

Mufti Ebrahim Desai.

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Port in a Storm: A Fiqh Solution to the Qibla of North America

(Sheikh) Nuh Ha Mim Keller