Repeating the Prayer for the Ignorant Person and the Hadith of the One Who Ruined His Prayer
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Question:
The issue is that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered the one who ruined his prayer to repeat it. So how can it be said in the report about him that the ignorant person does not repeat the prayer if he made a mistake while ignorant?
Answer:
He ordered him to repeat the current prayer, but he did not order him to repeat the past prayers. Like 'Ammar; he was not ordered to repeat the past prayers. We are speaking about past prayers. As for the current prayer whose time has not yet ended, it is repeated without doubt. If a person prayed it in an incorrect manner and its time is still remaining, he repeats it. Yes.
The issue is that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered the one who ruined his prayer to repeat it. So how can it be said in the report about him that the ignorant person does not repeat the prayer if he made a mistake while ignorant?
Answer:
He ordered him to repeat the current prayer, but he did not order him to repeat the past prayers. Like 'Ammar; he was not ordered to repeat the past prayers. We are speaking about past prayers. As for the current prayer whose time has not yet ended, it is repeated without doubt. If a person prayed it in an incorrect manner and its time is still remaining, he repeats it. Yes.
Source
شرح بلوغ المرام من أدلة الأحكام [ صالح الفوزان ]، باب التيمم — islamhouse.com (58:42)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.