Prayer: Do I Need to Repeat My Prayers for Past Mispronunciations According to Imam Khomeini’s Fatwā?

Practical Laws of Islam as per the teachings of Imam Khamenei

Prayer: Do I Need to Repeat My Prayers for Past Mispronunciations According to Imam Khomeini’s Fatwā?

English:

Question #476:

I used to pronounce the words of prayers in the way I had learned from my parents and in secondary school. After a while, I found out that I had been pronouncing some words in a wrong manner. Is it obligatory for me — according to the fatwā of Imam Khomeini (q.) — to repeat the prayers? Or are all prayers that I performed in that way correct?

Answer #476:

In the mentioned case that you did not think you were making a mistake and you offered them like that being sure that it was the correct way, all your previous prayers are correct and you are not to repeat or make them up in qaḍā’.

-Imam Khamenei, Practical Laws of Islam, Importance and Conditions of Prayer