Repeating the prayer for one who discovers an error in the direction of prayer in his town
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Question:
A person visits a relative or a friend, then prays in his direction, thinking it is the qiblah. After the prayer, it becomes clear to him that the matter is otherwise. Is he required to repeat the prayer?
Answer:
Yes. If he is in a town, he is required to repeat it; because he is able to ask about the qiblah. He does not exercise independent legal reasoning (ijtihad). It is not a place for independent legal reasoning in towns. It is a place for independent legal reasoning in the desert, the wilderness, and while traveling. As for in a town, he asks the people of the town about the qiblah and looks at their mosques.
A person visits a relative or a friend, then prays in his direction, thinking it is the qiblah. After the prayer, it becomes clear to him that the matter is otherwise. Is he required to repeat the prayer?
Answer:
Yes. If he is in a town, he is required to repeat it; because he is able to ask about the qiblah. He does not exercise independent legal reasoning (ijtihad). It is not a place for independent legal reasoning in towns. It is a place for independent legal reasoning in the desert, the wilderness, and while traveling. As for in a town, he asks the people of the town about the qiblah and looks at their mosques.
Source
شرح كتاب المنتقى من أخبار المصطفى صلى الله عليه وسلم [ برنامج إذاعي ]، بداية من باب حجة من رأى فرض البعيد إصابة الجهة لا العين — islamhouse.com (2:40)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.