Akurasi Arah Kiblat Masjid di Wilayah Kecamatan Pademawu Kabupaten Pamekasan dengan Metode Mizwala Qibla Finder

Abstract

The problem of facing up the qibla as one of prayers pillars takes much attention mainly from those who live far away from Mecca. This article particularly discusses three topics. First, what kind of instrument used to measure the mosque qibla in the area of Pademawu Sub-district, Pamekasan. Second, how does the process of measurement and establishment of qibla in Pademawu take place. Third, how is the result of mosque qibla accuracy in Pademawu Sub-district according to Mizwala Qibla Finder (MQF). Meanwhile, this research focuses on some mosques in Pademawu Sub-district using the method of qualitative approach in analytical descriptive ones. The data of this research is obtained from interview, observation, field note, and documentation. Later on, the analysis data process is through the step of data reduction, data delivery and conclusion making. The result of this research shows these following points; (1) there found some measurement instruments of qibla direction in the mosques, such as Rubu Mujayyab, compass and istiwa stick, meter indicator and sewing. (2) The process of mosque qibla measurement involves some elements in the society ranging from key figures, village apparatus to local people. (3) The accuracy of qibla direction in Pademawu Sub-district using Mizwala method/instrument is only 28.57% or 6 mosques of all samples with the accurate direction. Hopefully, this writing becomes guidelines to do more research on qibla direction in other mosques.