The ruling on praying in a direction other than the qiblah due to ignorance
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Question:
May Allah reward you. This is Abu Mu'adh from Riyadh. He says: I was in the hospital for three days and I was praying. Before I left the hospital, I was told that the direction of the qiblah was not correct. What should I do?
Answer:
If the deviation was significant, you must repeat the prayer because you are not excused, as you had people who could inform you about the qiblah, yet you did not ask about it. Therefore, you are not excused in this matter, so you repeat the prayer because you left out a condition for the validity of the prayer without an excuse, since you could have asked the hospital staff about the qiblah. However, if the deviation was slight, it does not matter. Yes.
May Allah reward you. This is Abu Mu'adh from Riyadh. He says: I was in the hospital for three days and I was praying. Before I left the hospital, I was told that the direction of the qiblah was not correct. What should I do?
Answer:
If the deviation was significant, you must repeat the prayer because you are not excused, as you had people who could inform you about the qiblah, yet you did not ask about it. Therefore, you are not excused in this matter, so you repeat the prayer because you left out a condition for the validity of the prayer without an excuse, since you could have asked the hospital staff about the qiblah. However, if the deviation was slight, it does not matter. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، حكم الصلاة إلى غير القبلة جهلًا - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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