If he prayed without facing towards the qiblah because he forgot, does he have to repeat it?.

I prayed Maghrib without facing towards the qiblah because I forgot;
do I have to repeat Maghrib prayer?
Praise be to Allah.
Firstly:
In order for prayer to be valid, it is stipulated thatone should face
towardsthe qiblah. If one does not pray facing towards the qiblah when
one is able to do so, then the prayer is invalid, because Allah, may
He beexalted, says (interpretation of the meaning):
"so turn your face in the direction of Al-Masjid- al-Haram (at
Makkah). And wheresoever you people are, turn your faces (in prayer)
in that direction"
[al-Baqarah 2:144].
And the Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) said, in
the hadeeth about theone who prayed badly: "Then turn towards the
qiblah and say Allahu akbar."
Narrated by al-Bukhaari,6667.
Ibn Qudaamah (may Allah have mercy on him) said: Six things are
stipulated with regard to the prayer – among which he mentioned facing
towards the qiblah. If any of these conditions are not met, with no
excuse, then his prayer is not valid.
End quote from al-Mughni, 1/369
Secondly:
The scholars (may Allah have mercy on them) stated that if a person
prays without facing towards the qiblah because he forgot, then he
should repeat his prayer, because he has omitted one of the conditions
of prayer.
Ibn Hazm (may Allah have mercy on him) said:If a person prays without
facing towards the qiblah when he was able to work out its direction –
whether he does that deliberately orbecause he forgot, then his prayer
is invalid and he should repeat it so long as there is still time to
do so, if he did that deliberately. And he should repeat it at any
time if he forgot.
End quote from al-Muhalla, 2/259
The scholars of the Standing Committee for Issuing Fatwas were asked:
What is the rulingon a person who goes toanother city and prays
without facing the qiblah by mistake, even though he knows the
direction of the qiblah, then he remembers that after the time for the
prayer that he offered has ended?
They replied: If a person offers a prayer without facing towards the
qiblah out of negligence, in that he did not ask and he did not look
at the signs thatpoint to the direction of the qiblah, then he should
repeat the prayer, because facing towards the qiblah is one of the
conditions of prayer being valid whenone is able to do it. So he has
to repeat the prayer. The same also applies to one who prays without
facing towards the qiblah by mistake. He has to repeat the prayer
because he failed to fulfil one of its conditions. And Allah is the
source of strength.
End quote from Fataawa al-Lajnah ad-Daa'imah, vol. 2, 5/294
Based on that, you have to repeat this prayer now that you offered
without facing the direction of the qiblah.
And Allah knows best.

We know the signs of Allah’s love for His slave; what are the signs of Allah’s hatred towards His slave?.

There are many questions on your website and on the Internet in
general that speak of the signs of Allah's love for His slave; what
are the signs of Allah's hatred towards His slave?
Praise be to Allah.
Allah, may He be exalted,loves those who believe, hence He makes faith
dear to them. And He hates those who disbelieve and disobey Him,
unless they repent. If Allah helps a person to believe and makes faith
dear to his heart, and makes the believers dearto him and makes him
dear to them, and he lives and dies following that, then he is one of
those whom Allah loves.
But if Allah makes faith and obedience hateful to a person, and He
makes disobedience dear to his heart, and hemakes those who are
disobedient dear to him and makes him dear to them, and he lives and
dies following that, thenhe is one of those whomAllah hates.
But we cannot be certain that any particular individual is one of
those whom Allahloves, just as we cannot be certain that any
particular individual is one of those whom Allahhates. It is essential
to understand that Allah, may He be glorified and exalted, may hate a
person at one time and love him at another time, according to his
actions.
If a person commits some of the deeds that Allah hates, it cannot be
ruled that he is one of those who Allah hates, for Allah may bestow
His mercy upon him and he may repent before he dies and do good deeds,
and Allah may forgive him; and he may have hidden righteous deeds that
are unknown to people, so Allah may treat him kindly.
What we can be certain about is that Allah hates his disobedient
actions and his commission of that sin.
We will highlight some signs and indications that may signal that
Allah hates His slave, without stating definitively that everyone who
has some of these characteristics isone of those whom Allahhates.
These include the following:
· When Allah causes him to be hated and to have a bad
reputation and be spoken ill of in this world, because that is usually
due to a person's bad conduct and corruption.
Al-Bukhaari (3209) and Muslim (2637) narrated that Abu Hurayrah said:
The Messenger of Allah (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him)
said: "When Allah loves a person, He calls Jibreel and says: 'I love
So and so, so love him.' So Jibreel loves him, then he calls out to
the people of heaven, 'Allah loves So and so, so love him.' So the
people of heaven love him and he finds acceptance on earth. If Allah
hates a person, He calls Jibreel and says: 'I hate So and so, so hate
him.' So Jibreel hates him, then he calls out to the people of heaven:
'Allah hates So and so, so hate him.' So they hate him and he is hated
on earth."
Al-Bukhaari (1367) and Muslim (949) narrated that Anas ibn Maalik (may
Allah be pleased with him) said: A funeral passed by and they spoke
well of (the deceased). The Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be
upon him) said: "It has become certain." Another funeral passed by and
they spoke badly of (the deceased). The Prophet (blessings and peace
of Allah be upon him) said: "It has become certain." 'Umar ibn
al-Khattaab (may Allah be pleased with him) said: What has become
certain? He said:"For the one of whom you spoke well, Paradisehas
become certain, and for the one of whom youspoke badly, Hell has
become certain. You are the witnesses of Allah onearth."
· He loves that which Allah, may He be exalted,hates, and he
hates that which Allah loves
Allah, may He be exalted,said of the people of faith whom He loves
(interpretation of the meaning):
"but Allah has endeared the Faith to you and has beautified it in your
hearts, and has made disbelief, wickedness and disobedience (to Allah
and His Messenger SAW) hateful to you. These! They are the rightly
guided ones"
[al-Hujuraat 49:7].
· He gets carried away in sin, transgression and misguidance,
moving from one sin to another, and he is not enabled to repent, and
he dies in that state.
· He persists in keeping company with people of sin and avoids
people of faith.
The Messenger of Allah (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him)
said: "A man will follow the way of his close friend, so let one of
you look at who he takes as a close friend." Narrated by Abu Dawood,
4833; classed ashasan by al-Albaani in Saheeh Abi Dawood etc.
· He does not adhere to the duties enjoined by Allah and the
pillars of Islam. So you only see him neglecting the prayer, too lazy
to offer it, and ignoring the rights of Allah and the rights of His
slaves, not caring about the consequences of that in this world and
the Hereafter.
· He hates advice andresents the one who offers it; if he is
instructed to do something good or is told not to do somethingbad, he
takes pride in his sin. Allah, may He be exalted, says (interpretation
of the meaning): "And when it is said to him, 'Fear Allah', he is led
by arrogance to (more) crime. So enough for him is Hell, and worst
indeed is that place to rest" [al-Baqarah 2:206].
· He is hostile towards the people of faith, and he takes the
people of disobedience as friends; he loves and hates for something
other than the sake of Allah, and is based on that which is not
pleasing to Allah. If he loves it is not for the sake of Allah and if
he hates it is not for the sake of Allah.
· He hates that whichAllah loves and he loves that which Allah hates.
· He has the characteristics that Allah dislikes, such as
lying, deceiving, betraying, backbiting, malicious gossip and so on,
characteristics that Allah hates and He hates thosewho have those
characteristics. If a person acquires any characteristic that Allah
hates, to such an extent that it becomes second nature to him and part
of his character, this is something that exposes him to the wrath and
hatred of Allah, for Allah when Allah hates a characteristic, He hates
for people to adopt it .
· He is one of those who show off and seek to enhance their
reputation, one of those who boast, are proud and arrogant, and feel
themselves to be above submitting humbly in servitude to Allah.
· His attachment to his religion is weak, and he is more
attached to his whims and desires; he only strives to fulfill his
desires and evil inclinations, until he becomes like one who has taken
his whims anddesires as his god.
· He strives hard for worldly gain, but he is heedless about
matters of the Hereafter.
Allah, may He be exalted,says (interpretation of the meaning):
"Whoever wishes for thequick-passing (transitoryenjoyment of this
world), We readily grant him what We will for whom We like. Then,
afterwards, We have appointed for him Hell, he will burn therein
disgraced and rejected, (far away from Allah's Mercy)"
[al-Isra' 17:18].
al-Bukhaari (6435) narrated that Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased
with him) said: The Messenger of Allah (blessings and peace of Allah
be upon him) said: "Wretched is the slave ofthe dinar and dirham and
fine clothing, if he isgiven he is pleased and if he is not given he
is displeased."
· He gives in to majorsins that incur the wrath and anger of
Allah, such as zina, consuming riba, slandering chaste women and the
like, then he is not enabled torepent.
· He is foul mouthed, evil, a slanderer and evildoer; people
avoid him because of his rudeness, bad ways, wrongdoing and
transgression of the limits set by Allah.
The Messenger of Allah (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him)
said: "The worst of people in status before Allaah on the Day of
Resurrection will be those whom the people leave alone for fear of
their evil."
Narrated by al-Bukhaari,6032; Muslim, 2591.
· He imitates the disbelievers and evildoers, and hates to
resemble the people of faith.
· He commits shirk and falls into it, then he is not enabled to
repent from it. Shirk is the worst characteristic a person may have
and it exposes him to the wrath and anger of Allah.
To sum up, if a person has the characteristic of obedience to Allah
and to His Messenger, then he may be one of those whom Allah loves; if
a person persists in disobedience to Allah and His Messenger, then he
deserves to incur the hatred and wrath of Allah.
By the same token, it cannot be said of any particular individual
thatAllah loves this person orthat Allah hates this person.
Al-Bukhaari (3332) and Muslim (2643) narrated from Ibn Mas'ood (may
Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (blessings and
peace of Allah be upon him) said: "A man may do the deeds of the
people of Hell until thereis nothing between him and it but a cubit,
then the decree overtakes him and he does a deed of the people of
Paradise, and thus enters Paradise. And a man may do the deeds of the
people of Paradise until there is nothing between him and it but a
cubit, then the decree overtakes him and he does a deed of the people
of Hell andthus enters Hell."And Allah knows best.

Young Prophet Muhammad (SAW) Praying for Rain

Ibn 'Asakir reported on the authority of Jalhamah bin 'Arfuta who
said: "I came to Makkah when it was a rainless year, so Quraish said
'O Abu Talib, the valley has become leafless and the children hungry,
let us go and pray for rain-fall.' Abu Talib went to Al-Ka'bah with a
young boy who was as beautiful as the sun, and a black cloud was over
his head. Abu Talib and the boy stood by the wall of Al-Ka'bah and
prayed for rain. Immediately clouds fromall directions gathered and
rain fell heavily and caused the flow of springs and growth of plants
in the town and the country.

Bahirah, the Monk Recognizes the Seal of Prophethood

When the Messenger of Allah (Peace be upon him) was twelve years old,
he went with his uncle Abu Talib on a business journey to Syria. When
they reached Busra (which was a part of Syria, in the vicinity of
Howran under the Roman domain) they met a monk called Bahira (his real
name was Georges), who showed great kindness, and entertained them
lavishly. He had never been in the habit of receiving or entertaining
them before. He readily enough recognized the Prophet (Peace be upon
him) and said while taking his hand: "This is the master of all
humans. Allah will send him with a Message which will be a mercy to
all beings." Abu Talib asked: "How do you know that?" He replied:"When
you appeared from the direction of 'Aqabah, all stones and trees
prostrated themselves, which they never do except for a Prophet. I can
recognize him also by the seal of Prophethood which is below his
shoulder, like an apple. We have got tolearn this from our books."
Source: At Tirmidhi and At Tabari