FatwaFederal TerritoriesPrayer (Salah)
AL-KAFI #389 : IBADAH YANG DILAKUKAN SECARA YAKIN, LALU DIDAPATI SALAH
Must an act of worship performed with certainty be repeated if it is later found to be wrong?
Short answer
The ruling depends on the situation. For a prayer performed after ijtihad on the qibla direction and later found mistaken with certainty, the preferred Shafi'i view is that it must be made up.
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- Authority
- Federal Territories Mufti Office
- Date
- Status
- Opinion (irsyad)
- Series
- Al-Kafi li al-Fatawi
- Topic
- Prayer (Salah)
No evidence of gazettement in the source — this is not a gazetted fatwa.
Summary
The ruling depends on the situation. For a prayer performed after ijtihad on the qibla direction and later found mistaken with certainty, the preferred Shafi'i view is that it must be made up. If najis was on the body during prayer, the prayer is invalid even if the person forgot or was unaware. However, if it is reasonable to assume the najis, such as bird droppings noticed on the foot minutes after prayer, touched the body only after the prayer, the prayer is treated as valid.
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Federal Territories Mufti Office. “AL-KAFI #389 : IBADAH YANG DILAKUKAN SECARA YAKIN, LALU DIDAPATI SALAH”, 20 September 2016. https://muftiwp.gov.my/ms/artikel/al-kafi-li-al-fatawi/1369-al-kafi-389-ibadah-yang-dilakukan-secara-yakin-lalu-didapati-salah. Found via Rujuk Fatwa: https://rujukfatwa.com/en/fatwa/worship-done-with-certainty-found-wrong-repeat/