prayer after it had been forbidden, unaware of the prohibition. He said to him:

“No ordinary human speech is permissible in this prayer of ours.”

He did not instruct him to repeat the prayer. When the prescribed number of rak‘ahs for prayer while resident was increased upon his emigration to Medina, those far away from him, such as those in Mecca and Abyssinia, continued to pray two rak‘ahs. The Prophet did not instruct them to repeat their prayers. Likewise, when fasting the month of Ramadan was made obligatory in the second year after the Hijrah, the news did not reach the Muslims in Abyssinia until that month had passed. He did not instruct them to make up the fasts.

“One of the Ansār—when they travelled from Medina to Mecca to meet the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, before the Hijrah—had prayed facing the Ka‘bah, believing this to be permissible before the command to face the Ka‘bah had been given. At that time, they used to face towards Syria. When the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, spoke of this, he instructed him to face towards Syria.”

He did not instruct him to repeat the prayers he had already offered. It is established in the two Sahīh collections that he:

“Was asked, while at al-Ji‘rānah, about a man who had entered ihrām for ‘umrah wearing a robe and liberally anointed with saffron-based perfume. When revelation came to him, he told the man: ‘Take off your robe, wash away the traces of the perfume, and do during