Is it obligatory to make up prayers that were performed facing a direction other than the qiblah due to ignorance?
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner says: I prayed many prayers facing a direction other than the qiblah, and I did not realize it until a month later. Is it obligatory for me to make up these prayers?
Answer:
If you were in a Muslim country, you must make them up, because you could have asked; there are mosques with mihrabs. But if you were in the wilderness and had no one to ask, and you did your best (ijtihad) and prayed, your prayer is valid, if Allah wills.[Al-Baqarah 2:115] This verse is for the one who was confused about the qiblah and was not in a town. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner says: I prayed many prayers facing a direction other than the qiblah, and I did not realize it until a month later. Is it obligatory for me to make up these prayers?
Answer:
If you were in a Muslim country, you must make them up, because you could have asked; there are mosques with mihrabs. But if you were in the wilderness and had no one to ask, and you did your best (ijtihad) and prayed, your prayer is valid, if Allah wills.
And to Allah belongs the east and the west. So wherever you [might] turn, there is the Face of Allah
وَلِلَّهِ الْمَشْرِقُ وَالْمَغْرِبُ فَأَيْنَمَا تُوَلُّوا فَثَمَّ وَجْهُ اللَّهِ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 1240- هل يجب قضاء الصلوات التي أُدِّيت لغير القبلة جهلا؟ - صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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