What is the ruling on praying in a direction other than the qiblah while ignorant?
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Question:
This is a woman asking, and she says: I prayed the Zuhr prayer in the school building for three weeks, or three weeks, and then one of the sisters alerted me that the qiblah is in a different direction than the direction I was praying in or toward. Am I required to repeat the prayers, or am I excused due to ignorance?
Answer:
No, ignorance is not an excuse for you in this, because this is a condition of the prayer that is not dropped due to ignorance. However, if the deviation is slight, it does not harm. But if the deviation is significant, meaning the qiblah is behind your back or to your side, you must repeat the prayer due to the loss of the condition, which is facing the qiblah, without an excuse. You are in a country and among people, why did you not ask? Why did you not look at the mosques around you? Yes.
This is a woman asking, and she says: I prayed the Zuhr prayer in the school building for three weeks, or three weeks, and then one of the sisters alerted me that the qiblah is in a different direction than the direction I was praying in or toward. Am I required to repeat the prayers, or am I excused due to ignorance?
Answer:
No, ignorance is not an excuse for you in this, because this is a condition of the prayer that is not dropped due to ignorance. However, if the deviation is slight, it does not harm. But if the deviation is significant, meaning the qiblah is behind your back or to your side, you must repeat the prayer due to the loss of the condition, which is facing the qiblah, without an excuse. You are in a country and among people, why did you not ask? Why did you not look at the mosques around you? Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما حكم الصلاة في غير اتجاه القبلة جاهلًا؟ لمعالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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