A woman says: I prayed for two years in a direction other than the qiblah by mistake. What is the ruling on the prayers I performed?

Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This woman says she prayed for two years in a direction other than the qiblah by mistake, and this mistake became clear to me, so I now know the qiblah. What must be done about the prayers of those two years?

Answer:
There is a distinction here. If the deviation was slight, it does not affect the prayer. If the deviation was slight, it does not affect the prayer. But if it was significant, such that the Ka'bah was behind you or to your side, then the prayer is not valid during that period. If you were in a country with mosques and you could have asked people but did not, and you were negligent in asking and searching, you are not excused, because you were in a country with mosques and Muslims who know the qiblah.
So the prayer must be repeated in this case because you were negligent. However, if the deviation did not reach the point of turning one's back on the Ka'bah or placing it to one's side, then a slight deviation and praying in the direction where the Ka'bah is located is sufficient. Yes.