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345. 'Abdullāh bin 'Āmir bin Rabī'ah narrated from his father who said: "We were with the Prophet ﷺ on a journey on a very
dark night and we did not know the direction of Qiblah. So each man among us prayed in his own direction. In the morning when we mentioned that to the Prophet ﷺ, then the following was revealed: So where ever you turn, there is the Face of Allāh.”[1] (Daṭf)
Abū ‘Eisā said: There is a problem with the chain of this Hadīth, we do not know of it except as a narration of Ash’ath As-Sammān, and Ash’ath bin Sa’eed, Abū Ar-Rabi’ah As-Sammān is weak in Aḥādīth.
Most of the people of knowledge held views in accordance with this. They say that if one performs Ṣalāt when it is cloudy toward a direction other than the Qiblah, then it becomes clear to him after having prayed, that he prayed in a direction other than the Qiblah, then his Ṣalāt is acceptable.
This is the view of Sufyān Ath-Thawrī, Ibn Al-Mubārak, Aḥmad, and Ishāq.
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Commentary
If a person does not know the direction of the Qiblah, he should ask someone, and if there is none to guide, then he should determine the direction of Qiblah by himself and he should perform prayer facing the direction which he most likely thinks would be the Qiblah. However, if the right direction of the Qiblah is known after having performed the prayer, it is not necessary to repeat the prayer and this is according to the majority of scholars.
