Women Praying in a New House Toward a Direction Other Than the Qiblah
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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: I moved into a new house in Riyadh, and unfortunately, the women in this house were praying toward a direction other than the qiblah, with a severe deviation, completely opposite the qiblah. He asks: What is the ruling, and what must we do in this matter?
The Shaykh:
If they were completely facing away from the qiblah, they must repeat the prayer, because they had no excuse. They are in the city; they can ask and see the mosques. They have no excuse for this. Yes.
The questioner:
Then he mentioned, may Allah preserve you, a period of a year and a half. Do they repeat that?
The Shaykh:
Yes, they repeat it, because their prayer was not valid and they had no excuse. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: I moved into a new house in Riyadh, and unfortunately, the women in this house were praying toward a direction other than the qiblah, with a severe deviation, completely opposite the qiblah. He asks: What is the ruling, and what must we do in this matter?
The Shaykh:
If they were completely facing away from the qiblah, they must repeat the prayer, because they had no excuse. They are in the city; they can ask and see the mosques. They have no excuse for this. Yes.
The questioner:
Then he mentioned, may Allah preserve you, a period of a year and a half. Do they repeat that?
The Shaykh:
Yes, they repeat it, because their prayer was not valid and they had no excuse. Yes.
Source
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