If the deviation from the qibla is 18 degrees

Question

We are residents of the town of Waslalitar (so in the print) in England, which is 100 miles from London, and we are asking this question from there. Because of a disagreement that has arisen concerning the qibla, we present the following summary with a diagram and request an answer. We hope you will kindly reply as soon as possible in accordance with the enclosed diagram. First option: in this case, when we look with an observational instrument, a difference of 18 degrees appears.

Answer

In a place where there are no mosques from olden times, nor Muslims who would determine the qibla direction according to the rules of the Shari‘a, and knowledgeable Muslims cannot determine the direction by looking at the moon, the sun and the stars either, then if the heart attains reassurance through observational instruments, they should determine the direction in this way…

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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