The ruling on one who prayed while forgetting that he was in a state of major ritual impurity
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: I had a wet dream and prayed the Fajr prayer, forgetting that I had had a wet dream. Then I remembered after the prayer. Do I have to repeat my prayer?
Answer:
Without a doubt, it is obligatory for you to repeat the prayer, because you prayed without ritual purity. Ritual purity is not excused by forgetfulness. Ritual purity is not excused by forgetfulness. Forgetfulness only drops the sin; it does not drop the obligatory or the fard. If you forget to pray the Zuhr, we say you owe nothing, but you must pray the Zuhr. If he forgot a prayer or slept through it, let him pray it. So forgetfulness does not drop the fard, but it only drops the sin. Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: I had a wet dream and prayed the Fajr prayer, forgetting that I had had a wet dream. Then I remembered after the prayer. Do I have to repeat my prayer?
Answer:
Without a doubt, it is obligatory for you to repeat the prayer, because you prayed without ritual purity. Ritual purity is not excused by forgetfulness. Ritual purity is not excused by forgetfulness. Forgetfulness only drops the sin; it does not drop the obligatory or the fard. If you forget to pray the Zuhr, we say you owe nothing, but you must pray the Zuhr. If he forgot a prayer or slept through it, let him pray it. So forgetfulness does not drop the fard, but it only drops the sin. Yes.
Source
شرح كتاب المنتقى من أخبار المصطفى صلى الله عليه وسلم، بداية من باب أن الأذنين من الرأس وأنهما يمسحان بمائه — islamhouse.com (59:15)
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