The Prayer Based on One Person’s Effort to Determine the Qiblah

The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, we prayed in one of the southern regions based on the effort of one person. There was a camp nearby with a prayer area, so what is the ruling on our prayer based on this effort?

The Shaykh:
Hello.

The questioner:
We prayed in one of the southern regions based on the effort of one person.

The Shaykh:
And the child was coming, or something like that.

The questioner:
There was a camp nearby with a prayer area, so what is the ruling on our prayer based on this effort?

The Shaykh:
If the error becomes apparent to you, you repeat the prayer. The error only becomes apparent if your prayer is valid, if Allah wills. You do not reject the prayer unless you deviated from the qiblah, such that it was behind your backs or to your south. As for a mere deviation, this does not invalidate the prayer. A deviation between the east and the west does not invalidate the prayer; a partial deviation does not affect the prayer.