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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Praying in a direction other than the qiblah out of ignorance

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The presenter:
Khalid from Unaizah has two questions. Go ahead, Khalid.

The questioner:
Peace be upon you.

The presenter:
And peace be upon you. The first question.

The questioner:
A question for the Shaykh. Last year, I was in Ta'if. Yes. The audio is clear, Shaykh. Yes, yes. Right. I rented an apartment, may you live long. So, as soon as I entered the apartment, the workers were bringing down the belongings. So I asked one of the workers about the direction of the qiblah. One of the workers. Okay. He said it was in this direction. So I started praying in the apartment, and I don't know, by Allah, for three or four days. And of course, I would go out to the parks and come back, and I didn't realize how many prayers I had prayed in the wrong direction. The question is clear.

The presenter:
The second question, Khalid.

The questioner:
Yes, and look, Shaykh, I asked another Shaykh, and I didn't want it to be, you know, someone who follows dispensations. I asked another Shaykh, and he said that you should make it up, but he didn't clarify the method for me.

The presenter:
Okay, give us the second question.

The questioner:
The second question, may you live long: the supplication for entering the restroom, the bathroom, may Allah honor you. Is it done with the intention, or do I say it aloud before I open the bathroom door and enter, or is it done with the intention in the chest?

The presenter:
Okay, thank you, Khalid. Last year, Shaykh Salih said that in Ta'if, he rented an apartment, and while he was bringing down his belongings, he asked about the qiblah, and the man at the hotel directed him to a direction other than the qiblah, and he prayed for three days.

The Shaykh:
My brother, in the land of Muslims there are mosques and mihrabs. Why did he not look at the mosques and mihrabs and pray in their direction? And the second question

The presenter:
Is entering the restroom before entering or after?

The Shaykh:
To complete the answer to the question before this: if he prayed and had deviated from the qiblah, and the qiblah was to his side or behind him, then he must repeat the prayer. But if the deviation was slight, then it does not harm. Yes. And the second question

The presenter:
Yes

The questioner:
This is the supplication for entering the restroom.

The Shaykh:
When he intends to enter the restroom, he says "Bismillah" before entering, yes?

The presenter:
May Allah reward you.
Source قناة «مؤسسة الدعوة الخيرية»، فتاوى على الهواء - صالح بن فوزان الفوزان 07-08-1438هـ — youtube.com (24:20)

The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.

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