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PRAYER ROOM QIBLA DIRECTION AT SCHOOL IN BUKITTINGGI : (Qibla Study in Junior High School and Senior High Schools Prayer Room)

Al-Hilal: Journal of Islamic Astronomy

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Title PRAYER ROOM QIBLA DIRECTION AT SCHOOL IN BUKITTINGGI : (Qibla Study in Junior High School and Senior High Schools Prayer Room)
 
Creator Hendri, Hendri
 
Subject Qibla; Prayer Room; Schools
Islamic Astronomy
 
Description Facing the qibla is one of the legal requirements in conducting prayer. The existence of the prayer room as a place of prayer in the school aims to fulfill the worship need for Muslim students and teachers, especially the midday prayer. However, the school owner never concerns towards qibla direction in School prayer room. This paper answers how the accuracy of the direction of the center of prayer at junior high school and senior high school in Bukittingg. By using library research method, researcher found that the method used is estimation method with concerning on Sunset direction, concerning on the buildings around it which defined in falak field as taqribi method. Furthermore, schools owners also used astronomy theory as the qibla direction method determination, such as compass qibla, Sun shadow and theodolite. Regarding to the qibla direction accuracy in Senior high schools and Junior high schools in Bukittinggi, researcher found there were two schools which were in accurate qibla direction, two schools which can be tolerated and eight remaining prayer rooms which were unforgivable due to incorrect method while implementing to decide the qibla direction.
 
Publisher Fakultas Syari'ah dan Hukum UIN Walisongo
 
Contributor —
 
Date 2019-10-01
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Peer-reviewed Article
field research
 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier https://journal.walisongo.ac.id/index.php/al-hilal/article/view/5189
10.21580/al-hilal.2019.1.1.5189
 
Source Al-Hilal: Journal of Islamic Astronomy; Vol 1, No 1 (2019)
2775-2119
2775-1236
 
Language eng
 
Relation https://journal.walisongo.ac.id/index.php/al-hilal/article/view/5189/2665
 
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