What is the ruling on one who prays in a direction other than the qiblah while ignorant?
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Question:
This questioner says: I am a stranger to this town, and it happened that I was in one of its districts and prayed in a direction other than the qiblah. What is the ruling?
Answer:
You must repeat the prayer because you were in the town and had no excuse. It is obligatory for you to have gone out, asked, and looked at the mihrabs of the mosques. There is no need for independent legal reasoning (ijtihad) in the town; rather, it is required of you to ask the people or look at the mihrabs of the mosques. You fell short in this, so you must repeat the prayer you performed in a direction other than the qiblah because you are not excused.
This questioner says: I am a stranger to this town, and it happened that I was in one of its districts and prayed in a direction other than the qiblah. What is the ruling?
Answer:
You must repeat the prayer because you were in the town and had no excuse. It is obligatory for you to have gone out, asked, and looked at the mihrabs of the mosques. There is no need for independent legal reasoning (ijtihad) in the town; rather, it is required of you to ask the people or look at the mihrabs of the mosques. You fell short in this, so you must repeat the prayer you performed in a direction other than the qiblah because you are not excused.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما حكم من صلى إلى غير القبلة جاهلًا؟ للشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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