We said that the speech of one who forgets during prayer does not invalidate it, because forgetfulness and ignorance are companions in the Book of Allah. Why do we not say this regarding the issue of facing the qiblah?
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The questioner : We said: The speech of one who forgets during prayer does not invalidate it.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : Because forgetfulness and ignorance are companions in the Book of Allah.
The Shaykh : What?
The questioner : Because forgetfulness and ignorance are companions in the Book of Allah.
The Shaykh : Yes, yes.
The questioner : Why do we not... say this regarding facing the qiblah?
The Shaykh : Do you think this question is appropriate? We have distinguished several times between commands and prohibitions. Our discussion regarding commands is distinct from our discussion regarding prohibitions. Our discussion regarding prohibitions means that every forbidden act in worship, its sin and the expiation that follows it, are dropped if a person does it while forgetting or ignorant. As for the command, it must be performed. This is the man who prayed but did not be tranquil; the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered him to repeat the prayer. The discussion regarding not being held accountable for error and forgetfulness is only in prohibitions. In commands, a person is not held accountable for error and forgetfulness in terms of sin, but what can be made up, he is obligated to make up. Yes, Yahya.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : Because forgetfulness and ignorance are companions in the Book of Allah.
The Shaykh : What?
The questioner : Because forgetfulness and ignorance are companions in the Book of Allah.
The Shaykh : Yes, yes.
The questioner : Why do we not... say this regarding facing the qiblah?
The Shaykh : Do you think this question is appropriate? We have distinguished several times between commands and prohibitions. Our discussion regarding commands is distinct from our discussion regarding prohibitions. Our discussion regarding prohibitions means that every forbidden act in worship, its sin and the expiation that follows it, are dropped if a person does it while forgetting or ignorant. As for the command, it must be performed. This is the man who prayed but did not be tranquil; the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered him to repeat the prayer. The discussion regarding not being held accountable for error and forgetfulness is only in prohibitions. In commands, a person is not held accountable for error and forgetfulness in terms of sin, but what can be made up, he is obligated to make up. Yes, Yahya.