Is it permissible to have ones bed facing the qiblah? Is it proven in any hadith that our feet should not face the qiblah?
Answer
(Fatwa: 808/757=B)
The Hadith prohibits us from facing Qibla direction at the time of excretions (discharging urine and stool): اذا أتیتم الغائط فلا تستقبلوا القبلۃ ولا تستدبروھا و لکن شرقوا او غربوا
This prohibition is based on desecration, and the same desecration is found in stretching the leg towards Qibla as well; therefore the scholars of Fiqh have derived this ruling that stretching leg towards Qibla is disliked:
ویکرہ مد رجلیہ فی نوم او غیرہ الیھا عمداً لانہ اساءۃ ادب (شامی: 2/427)
Allah (Subhana Wa Ta’ala) knows Best
Darul Ifta,
Darul Uloom Deoband