Debate of Inul Qibla

Debate of Inul Qibla is the main incident in [[Kerala]] [[Muslim]] history in which Chalilakath exuded his stance bravely . After his service in Mayyazi, he was drawn  to Pulikkal by inspiration of Koyakutti Sahib, a pious and mystic scholar of [[Islam]] and also his dominant disciple. During his stay at Pullika he examined the direction of Qibla based on Risalathul Marideen, the work done by Ahmed Aleef, his instructor. After the skill full probe, he concluded that the foundation of Masjid was not laid on the exact direction of Qibla and he appointed some of his student to examine the status of other Masjid also. The appointed student also reached to the same conclusion after the thorough investigation. This incident caused to get a flying start in classifying [[Muslim]] scholars into two categories.

# The first group scholar argued that there is no compulsory to direct to the exact direction of Qibla, but to direct to its part (west part for Keralite ) is enough.

#Another team including Chalilakath Haji insists that from Calicut, people should turn their face to south northern part at 22o correctly, otherwise the Namaz became in veil.

In the wake of these problems, a famous debate between such a two separate categories of Ulama was held at Pulikkal on September 1908 and it became ever mentioned incident in the history of Kerala Muslims. Koyakutti Sahib who invited Chalilakath to Pulikkal turned against him and pious leaders like Kolloly Ahmed Kutti Musliyar, Yusuf Musliyar, and Kutti Yammu of Thittnkara also did so. But then Qazi of [[Kasaragod]], Abdulla Moulavi and Hajji’s other disciples backed up him to strengthen this ideas and this unforgettable incident later called as debate or disput of Inul Qibla. To prove his idea, he wrote a holy book known as Al Dahava Inul Qibla and Thufathul Akhatab.