If a person prays in a direction other than the qiblah out of ignorance, and then someone informs him of the qiblah, does he break his prayer or turn toward the qiblah without breaking it?

Question:
Honorable Shaykh, the questioner says: If a person prays in a direction other than the qiblah out of ignorance, and then someone informs him of the direction of the qiblah, does he break his prayer or turn toward the qiblah without breaking it?

Answer:
This differs. If he is in the open desert and he exerted his effort or did his best to ascertain the qiblah and prayed, his prayer is valid because he cannot do more than that. Even if he is informed while in the middle of the prayer, he turns and his prayer is valid. However, if he is in a town, his prayer in a direction other than the qiblah is not valid, because he can ask, he can go to the mosque and look at the mihrabs, look at the mihrab. So he has no excuse, no excuse in his direction toward the qiblah, because he can find the way to it. Yes.