The ruling on one who prays facing a direction other than the qiblah while in Jeddah, forgetting
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: I traveled to Jeddah and prayed facing west, as is my habit, forgetting that the qiblah is toward the east. Is it obligatory for me to repeat the prayer?
Answer:
Without a doubt, it is obligatory for you to repeat the prayer. Because you prayed facing a direction other than the qiblah, with your back to the Ka'bah. Ahm. And you are in a country where you ask, you see, yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: I traveled to Jeddah and prayed facing west, as is my habit, forgetting that the qiblah is toward the east. Is it obligatory for me to repeat the prayer?
Answer:
Without a doubt, it is obligatory for you to repeat the prayer. Because you prayed facing a direction other than the qiblah, with your back to the Ka'bah. Ahm. And you are in a country where you ask, you see, yes.
Source
المنتقى من أخبار سيد المرسلين 29-05-1433هـ — alfawzan.live (1:15:50)
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