March 6, 2006
Posted in Blog,QiblaLocator | 99 Comments
Google Maps Qibla Locator
I’ve been working on a little project utilizing the google maps api to make a Qibla direction locator. It works almost exactly like google maps except that it displays an overlay pointing towards the Qibla. The direction in degrees from true North is also given at the bottom of the page. Another nifty feature is a map-in-map view much like pic-in-pic view found on most new TV sets. As this is pretty much a work in progress, I’m sure you’ll notice many bugs. Please do let me know.
Head on out and take a look for your self. Be sure to leave your comments.
Note: May not work on Safari
Sep 25, 2007 at 4:43 am
a r bhatti says,
aoa
i was looking to help my sona t university in north wales,uk, and have just sent him your qibla finder program
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with duas for you and the ummah
rashid bhatti
Sep 26, 2007 at 2:48 pm
Ali says,
I recently had this website forwarded to me, and I wasn’t sure if I was praying the right direction. With this website I was able to confirm it. Thank you for this website. This will help me tremendously no matter where I go.
Ali U.S.A
Oct 4, 2007 at 6:49 pm
Hussain says,
My God! You guyz saved me in the month of ramadan, thank you so much for this great tool. May Allah bless you all associated with this project
Oct 6, 2007 at 12:55 am
Mubin Khan says,
Assalam Alaikum,
Very amazing work, it really helped us in finding that we were praying in the wrong direction for a long time. Thanks a lot once again.
Jaza kamullah Khair,
Oct 7, 2007 at 11:28 am
juzer gunja says,
Salam Alaikum,
Extremely useful site. Helped me to locate exact direction However I find that my Mumbai address cannot be found on the site. Is India not included so far?
Oct 7, 2007 at 1:33 pm
sabera roshanali says,
Thank you for the great job. I will share this information with others.
Salams
Oct 8, 2007 at 2:42 am
faizel says,
What a great tool!!
Just one feature which im sure will help lots of people is it possible to add a cirle thing so we can turn the map round. This will help in getting our bearings right. eg if a high st is physically to my left but on map its on right id like to turn map so i get my qibla direction better.
Oct 8, 2007 at 1:57 pm
Moien Butt says,
Assalamu alaikum. thank you for simplifying a task and making it available to every one. a great job.
Although some persons have reasons for extreme precision in determining the direction of Qiblah but for day to day usage Muslims only need a reasonably accurate general direction. your program has solved both issues.
May Allah SWT reward you with the best in this world and in the Hereafter, for helping many of us (architects and travelers)- Ameen.
To those who wish to incorporates a link to this program on their site my request is that please do not forget to acknowledge Ibn Masood for his efforts and make a prayer for him.
Wassalamu alaikum. Moien
Oct 10, 2007 at 9:04 am
RB says,
Assalam Alaikum,
Just a quick note to thank you for this fantastic tool. May Allah bless you for your noble efforts!
Salaam.
Oct 11, 2007 at 5:46 am
Imran Waraich says,
Assalamualaykum.
This is really fantastic. When out and about, I can use my mobile phone to get an accurate Qibla direction.
Thank you for your efforts.
I have placed the site in a Iframe as suggested above in our webisite – and it works perfectly!!!
http://www.islamleicester.com/QiblaLocator/tabid/136/Default.aspx
Oct 11, 2007 at 6:47 am
Assem says,
Asalaamu Alaikum,
JazakAllah for the application, it is very helpful.
Oct 11, 2007 at 8:04 am
khalidh m abubackr says,
Dear bro Ibn Masu’d
Assalamualaikkum varah,
You have been done marvel as job, its amazing it helps Musafer (traveller) very much may Allah reward you InshaAllah
Zijakkallah
Thanks lot
Khalid Sydney Australia
Oct 11, 2007 at 2:58 pm
Mohamed Ahmed says,
Keep up the good Technology Ideas Team.
This site has helped me identify the correct direction of the Qibla.
You will get many blessings from Allah for this Noble Cause.
Keep it up with the Google.
Maasallam!!!
Oct 11, 2007 at 11:50 pm
Ahmad says,
Hi Everyone there.
Qiblalocator doesn’t work for north America at all, I live in New Jersey and when I put my zip code the Qiblalocator drew a line for me and when I zoomed it out the line was pointing towards Iceland not Saudi Arabia, the website administers should check this out for themselves.
Oct 12, 2007 at 7:15 am
Bilal Seifullah Muhammad says,
This is great, muslims can get the direction to pray in where in the world where they have a computer. This is good bida (innovation) and we as Muslims should use it.
Oct 15, 2007 at 8:44 am
inung fatoni says,
assalamu`alaikum wr wr
there is very very good for every muslim.
Oct 20, 2007 at 9:57 am
Abu Fajr says,
Asalamualaikum wa rahmatullah wa barakatahu
May Allah reward you for this great service you have provided to the ummah.
I have always had doubt with my magnetic and rather inconsistent qibla compasses. I now realise I have been out of line for the past 30 years or so.
JazakAllah khairan wa barakAllah fee
wasalam
Oct 20, 2007 at 8:38 pm
Mariam says,
Really neat idea and soooooo handy!
Shukran for your efforts towards the betterment of the Ummah! May The Almighty reward you and your family in abundance and grant you success in this world and the next! Aameen.
Oct 20, 2007 at 11:29 pm
Safi -- Dua4Me.com says,
Great website!
May Allah Bless you in this life and the next and allow more people to benefit from you website, Ameen!
Oct 27, 2007 at 8:27 pm
Abdullah Zaid says,
Assalaamu Alaikum, May Allah reward you for this endeavor, it is definitely worthwhile. I am in MD, Zip 20744 and Qibla-Locator indicates that the direction of the Qibla is northeast, however when I look at a map and a globe I see that the Qibla is actually Southeast of my location. Please explain your calculations and how this is derived as I am having a hard time validating your application when I look at a map.
May Allah continue to bless for your efforts.
Salaams,
Zaid
Nov 1, 2007 at 1:11 pm
Hatem says,
Thank you, this is one of the greatest tools I have seen in a very long time, it works like a charm and is very helpfull
Nov 1, 2007 at 7:04 pm
Ahmad says,
During Ramadan when I check your web site and tried to locate the Qibla for state of New jersey USA it was showing me Iceland as the qibla and I posted a comment asking you to check the accuracy of the Qibla locator, but since my comment pointed a mistake on your side you removed it. I don’t think it is Islamic to deceive the people and cover the truth, the qibla locator doesn’t work for northeast America !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Nov 5, 2007 at 1:25 pm
Khasim Abdul Mateen MOHAMMAD says,
Salamou Alaykoum wa rahmatoullahi wa barakatouh,
My dear Brother, I’m an Indian Engineer working in Belgium.
MashaAllah, Your work is simply awesome, Wonderful. This is really helpful. May Allah reward you in this life and the HereAfter. Aameen.
I have my zip code as 6041. But when I just put 6041, I’m directed towards Australia, while mine is 6041, Charleroi, Belgium. So I think Country is mandatory with Zip code.
I hope you would not mind me forwarding your Qibla locator to my contacts. It is a great tool. Jazakallah khair. Wassalaam.
Nov 7, 2007 at 6:10 pm
Raza Hyder says,
Salaam Alaikum Brother,
Subhan Allah. You have done an excellent and ever rewarding job, not only in this world but hereafter.
Im in a hotel in Toronto and was the prayer time and you have helped me finding the Qibla, sooooo very easy. I will not forget you in my prayers.
Keep doing the good job.
Raza Hyder – Toronto
Nov 13, 2007 at 11:03 am
Jeebah says,
Perfect Masha’Allah, I will book mark it on my itouch so when Im wireless I can use. I recommend those with the iphone to do the same.
Nov 13, 2007 at 1:04 pm
Bashir says,
S/A
Congratulations. This is very commendable. Its works fine. I have Apple Mac and the browser is Safari. So far I have just tried the locations I already know just to check if it points accurately and it does!
Mat Allah SWT Bless you.
Keep the good work going.
Nov 13, 2007 at 1:43 pm
Ahmed Rizwan says,
May Allah bless you for this amazing tool which has solved many an argument. Too bad I can’t use it on my iPhone’s Safari browser but it is still very handy. Jazak Allah Khairun.
Nov 15, 2007 at 9:18 am
Suhel Teli says,
Dear Brother:
As-salaamualaykum.
Somebody forwarded me your qibla locater link. Mashallah I was very happy and pleased with this work.
Just as a suggestion to make this work even more benefitting to the ummah, I think if you could get this “ENDORSED” or “CERTIFIED” by some MUFTIS and ULAMA, it would be even better.
I am not sure where you are, but if you are in the US, I think you should contact Shariah Board in Chicago (Mufti Nawalur Rahman Saab, etc.), or maybe even Mufti Desai Saab of S. Africa (ask-imam.com) or darul-iftaa.com (from UK).
If you could get them to comment on your work, more peopple would use it, and they would even inform others about your work.
Jazakallahu Khayraa.
Was salaam
Suhel Teli
Nov 16, 2007 at 5:27 am
Abdul samad says,
Asalaam Alaikum Wa Rahmatullah
May Allah (SWT) reward you and your family for an excellent contribution to the Muslim Ummah. This will be a great Aid to those seeking a proper direction of the Qibla. Is there a possibility of allowing search by Latitude & Longitude, as it would help those who are in remort locations not covered by the maps.
Jazakallahu Khayran
Abdul Samad
Nov 16, 2007 at 5:58 pm
Zakaria Elnatour says,
Hi,
This website is very usefull, now we can find Qebla
and also finding locations.
Thank you for this good job.
Zakaria
Nov 18, 2007 at 2:46 pm
Jamal Barzinji says,
Thank you for a great service,so functional, so easy to use.
Nov 19, 2007 at 10:50 am
Q Ali says,
Your Qibla Locator works as a charm! Well done and very useful.
Nov 19, 2007 at 11:49 am
Khaled says,
Assalamu Alikum,
Very nice. May Allah reward you for your effort.
Khaled
Nov 19, 2007 at 12:30 pm
Abdul says,
Slam brooo,
thanks a million man this is soooooooo helpfun and so simple!!!
THANKS and may Allah reward you for this :)
Abdul
Nov 20, 2007 at 4:43 am
Abu Omar says,
I have a development suggestion for ease of use:
if there are two locations with the same name, the search engine gives only one of them and no way to reach the other through the search command. for instance: there are two locations named (Duma) one in Sudan and one in Syria, the search engine givs only the one in Sudan.
The same thing for (Harasta) one in Syria and one in USA.
I suggest if the search results are listed in the margin so the user specifies which one he is looking for / OR if you make it possible for the search box to accept strings like:( Syria, Duma) or (Syria, Harasta)
Wajazakallahu khairan
Salam
Nov 21, 2007 at 10:28 am
e_ says,
Thank you for this excellent effort. I noticed that the direction in some places is not correct. For example, when I type Seattle, the red line point towards the north east!!.
Please advise.
Nov 22, 2007 at 3:47 pm
MSA at UM says,
Salaam,
Your Qibla Locator service is great. May God bless you and reward you with all the “Khayr”.
Nov 23, 2007 at 5:35 am
Shumaila Farooqui says,
Alhamdolillah, this is so good & spot on.
It brought up my street in Sydney Australia in a second & verified what i knew to be the correct Qibla direction.
May the Almighty be very pleased with you & bless you all immensely. (AAmeen)
Please carry on aligning Islam & our daily Muslim routines with whatever goodness & convenience technology has to offer.
Best Regards:
SF
Nov 26, 2007 at 7:10 pm
Diaur Rahman Ahmed says,
God bless you,keep up the good work,h,you have the brain,alhamdulillah,use it!
Nov 27, 2007 at 9:15 am
Zakir says,
Salaams
Masha-allah your quibla calc. is awesome. You guys are truely blessed. Every travelling Muslim using your tool (worldwide) thanks you and your efforts for providing us with an answer to the most challenging question “where is quibla?”. My job entails frequent travelling and your calculator has proved to be invaluable. I’ve often used inaccurate compasses, and often guessed! But this is great.
J’zakallah.
Keep up the good work.
Nov 27, 2007 at 2:02 pm
Monjur says,
Assalamu alaikum, great work brother, may Allah grant you place in heaven for your effort.
Wassalam,
Nov 30, 2007 at 1:06 am
Murshed says,
i have a good suggestion that i think it will be useful. i wish to find the direction of the qibla directly when i enter the qibla locator site without the hastle of trying to find where am i on the map .. i mean if you can take the IP address and at least open the Google map of the city i am in at the moment (from the IP Address ) that will be more than enought as a start point.
good luc
Dec 1, 2007 at 7:40 am
Luqman Hakim says,
Assalamu’alaikum brother!
Alhamdulillah this is very good! I will implement iframes in my portal to help my countrymen further. With your permission of course :)
May Allah reward you for this excellent effort!
Salaam from Singapore!
http://www.islamicevents.sg
Dec 4, 2007 at 4:18 pm
Mohammed Shameer A K says,
Assalamu-alaikum brother…. You have done an excellent job!! It has helped me in my travels…. May Allah reward you!! JazakAllah Khair…
Dec 5, 2007 at 6:55 am
Khaled says,
Jazak Allah Khair.
Dear Brother,
This a very helpful Site may god reward you inshalla.
If I may say if you could put some extra effort to this site and if the prayer timings may be added to the major cities that can be found on this website by clicking on the city that is shown on the map.
God Bless AlUma
Dec 14, 2007 at 5:28 pm
Abdulla says,
Salam Alikom Brother,
Your Qibla locator was working perfectly before. I used the site today and I found that it does not show the exact location in UK which it was before.
Hope you can fix this problem.
Abdulla
Mar 18, 2008 at 4:14 am
yasin says,
18/03/2008
yasin says
hello
I am in Çanakkale university.this is very good work
for people others places that where were people living .I like this software as a muslim person.
Good looking other works…
Apr 20, 2008 at 9:44 am
moumni says,
salam alaykoum
j’ai testé votre “qibla lactor” maachaa allah, très bien je vous félicite pour le travail que vous avez fait, et je demande allah qu’il nous donne des gens comme vous,au service des musilmans.
May 2, 2008 at 1:54 am
MANSOOR E. says,
Félicitations ! Formidable ! Qu’Allah récompense ce frère pour le travail accomplit. Djazak’Allahou Khayra !
Wassalam