Dought & clear, - Someone told him that it was not obligatory to wash the arms in wudoo’; what is the ruling on the prayers he offered previously?.

Longtime ago some body told me the fard of wudu is not to wash your
arms, is to wash your mouth. Since then I have not beang washingmy
arms in wudu, now yesterday somebody toldme washing your mouth is not
fard in wudu, washing your arms is fard in wudu. Now do I have to
repeat all my salahs because I didnt know about the arms?
Praise be to Allah.
Firstly:
Washing the arms is one of the obligatory parts of wudoo', without
which it is not complete. That is proven by the Qur'an and Sunnah, and
by scholarly consensus.
An-Nawawi (may Allah have mercy on him) said:Washing the arms is
obligatory according to the Qur'an and Sunnah, and (scholarly)
consensus.
End quote from al-Majmoo', 1/418
Ibn Qudaamah (may Allah have mercy on him) said: With regard towashing
the arms up to and including the elbows there is no difference of
opinion among the scholars of the ummah that it is obligatory to wash
the arms when doing wudoo'. Allah, may He beexalted, stated that in
the verse (interpretationof the meaning): "wash your faces and your
hands (forearms) up to the elbows" [al-Maa'idah5:6].
End quote from al-Mughni, 1/85
The one who told you that is either ignorant and does not know the
simplest thing about Islam or you did not understand what he
saidproperly.
In that case what you must do is learn from this an important lesson
in life: that you should not ask anyone about your religion except
onewho is known to be knowledgeable; you should not ask the first one
you meet or learn your religion from anyone who speaks about it, even
if they do so without knowledge.
Moreover, you should pay proper attention to what is said to you, so
that you will understandit correctly.
For information on the seriousness of fatwas given without knowledge,
please see the answers to questionsno. 21018 and 126198 .
Secondly:
If a person omitted one of the conditions, essential parts or
obligatory parts of an act of worship because he was unaware of
whatwas required of him, then he is excused because of his
ignoranceand there is no sin on him for what he did out of ignorance.
He is also not to be instructed to repeat the prayers and so on in
which he made mistakes.
Based on that, if a person did wudoo' and did not wash his arms orany
of the parts that must be washed in wudoo', he has to repeatthe
prayers that he offered, because he did not do wudoo' as enjoined by
Allah, unlesshe was unaware of the ruling, in which case he does not
have to repeat them, especially when there are so many prayers. But
what the Muslim must do in the future when he does notknow about some
matter of his religion is ask someone whose religious commitment and
knowledge he trusts, so that he may do what Allah has commanded him to
do with proper knowledge and insight.
See the answers to questions no. 21805 and 45648
Secondly:
With regard to rinsing the mouth and nose in wudoo', there is a
significant difference of opinion among the scholars. The majority of
scholars are of the view that it is not obligatory to rinse the mouth
and nose in wudoo'.
The view on which the fatwas on our website are based is that both
actions are obligatory in wudoo'.
This has been discussed in the answer to question no. 153791
But if you consulted some scholars who issued a fatwa saying that it
is not obligatory, there is no blame on youfor that; therefore one
isnot required to make upany of the prayers that one offered without
rinsing the mouth and nose.
And Allah knows best.

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