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Does Ibn Taymiyyah's statement that one who unknowingly omits a condition or pillar of prayer is not required to repeat it include the case of someone who knows that omitting a condition invalidates the prayer, but was unaware that he had omitted this particular condition, such as one who prayed while unaware that his ablution had been nullified, then became certain of it after the prayer?

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Whoever remembers during the prayer or ascertains after the prayer that he was not in a state of purity, his prayer is invalidated, and he must repeat it without dispute, according to the statement of Sheikh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah: "Whoever forgets the purity from ritual impurity, and prays while forgetting: then he must repeat the prayer with purity, without dispute." This differs from one who omitted a pillar or condition out of ignorance, such as one who was ignorant of the correct method of purification. One must avoid obsessive doubts and disregard suspicions regarding purity and prayer.

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