Heavenly Jewels

Kaaba was not in that direction, then there is no need to repeat the namaaz as the direction faced becomes the qibla for that person. However, ifa person who knows the direction ofthe qibla is present and one does not ask h im, a person does not take into consideration the direction of a l1ihrab or musjid present, stars are present and a person has sufficient knowledge to figure out the direction of the qibla through them yet does not but rather through his own thought and opinion or he faces a direction for salaah without taharri, then, i f it was truly the direction ofthe qibla, namaaz will be done but, if it was not, then namaaz will not be done. (Raddul-Muhtaar) Rule- Namaaz becomes jcwsid (nul lified) i f a namaazi intentionally, without any reason, moves his chest away from the qibla, even if he immediately returns to it. If it was unintentional and the time to say "Subhannal l ah" three times is not finished then namaaz will be done. If the face was moved from the path of the qibla then it is waajib to immediately resume fac ing it - namaaz will not be nullified but to do thiswithout any reason is makrooh. (Muniyatul-Musali,Bahrur-Raaiq) 4 . Waqt- (Time) has been discussed above. 5. Niyyat- Al l actions are solely based on intentions and the strong desire of the heart is known as niyyat. The most basic level of intention of namaaz is that one can, without thinking, immediately reply as to what namaaz he is going to perform when asked by someone. Ifone has to ponder over it then namaaz wil l not be done. (Durre-Mukhtaar) Rllle- To say the niyyat by mouth is mustahab but, i f anything wrong comes out, then it is of no consequence, e.g. Zohar namaaz is intended but the word Asar comes out then the namaaz will be Zohar. (Durre­ Mukhtaar) Rllle- To have the niyyat of fardh when making fardh namaaz is necessary and to have the niyyat of the particular namaaz ofthe time is also necessary, e.g. Asar or Zohar. Similarly, waaj i b must be intended when completing a waaj i b namaaz, taraaweeh when perfonning 56