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1020. It was narrated from
'Abdullâh bin 'Âmir bin Rabî'ah that his father said: "We were with the Messenger of Allâh ﷺ on a journey, and the sky was overcast so it was difficult for us to determine the Qiblah. So we performed prayer, and we marked the location.[1] Later, when the sun reappeared, we realized that we had prayed facing a direction other than the Qiblah. We mentioned that to the Prophet ﷺ, then the Words were revealed: 'So wherever you turn there is the Face of Allâh'".[2] (Da'if)
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Commentary
If, the sky is overcast, and it is not possible to determine the direction of the Qiblah, we must try to exercise our judgment to determine the direction. If the judgment later turns out to be wrong, the mistake is pardonable.
There is also a hint in the Hadith, that there is no need to repeat the prayer thus performed towards a wrong direction.
