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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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A woman resided in a country other than her own and prayed for a month in the opposite direction of the qiblah; is she ordered to repeat the prayers or is she excused?

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Question:
May Allah reward you, Your Eminence, father. The questioner says: A woman resided in a country other than her own, and she was working as a servant in one of the households, a woman. He says: May Allah reward you, a woman resided in a country other than her own, and she was working as a servant in one of the households, and she prayed for a month in the opposite direction of the qiblah, and the people of the house did not notice until after this period. Is she ordered to repeat the prayers or is she excused?

Answer:
She is not excused, because she could have known the qiblah by asking, and mosques exist if she is in an Islamic country; mosques exist, and the mihrabs, and she asks the people of the house, meaning the people of the house do not pray. She is in the house of disbelievers. If she is in the house of disbelievers, it is not permissible for her to reside there; she is a Muslim and resides serving the disbelievers. This is not permissible. It is not permissible for a Muslim woman to serve disbelievers. Physical service. This is not permissible for her.
So the result is that she is not excused. It was obligatory for her to ask. Or for her to look at the mihrabs. The mosques. If she had someone who could benefit her or if she had signs indicating the qiblah, but she did not use these evidences, she must repeat the prayers because she was negligent. Because she was negligent.
As for if she was in a house or in a country where there are no Muslims, no mosques, and no one knows the qiblah, and she exerted her effort and prayed, her prayer is valid because this is what is within her capacity and what she is able to do. Yes.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [884 -1024] امرأة سكنت في غير بلدها وصلَّت لمدة شهر عكس اتجاه القبلة فهل تؤمر بالإعادة أم أنها تعذر؟ — youtube.com

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