Peace be upon you. I live in a European country and I was following some Shia prayer time websites available online to determine the time for fasting and the Fajr prayer. I used to delay the Fajr prayer by a few minutes, not exceeding five, as a precaution. Later, I found out after comparing the timings from those websites with reliable prayer times in Lebanon that the time for Fajr on those websites was actually the time for fasting, and I should have taken a precaution of ten minutes after the Fajr time mentioned according to the fatwa of the Supreme Leader. What is the validity of my prayers during those days?
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Peace and mercy of Allah be upon you.
Ayatollah Khamenei and Ayatollah Sistani (may Allah protect them):
If one is certain that the time has entered or has verified it through a reliable means and then prays, but later finds out that it was performed before the time, they must repeat it.
May you be successful in all good.
Source:
Ayatollah Khamenei (may Allah protect him): Tahrir al-Wasilah - Prayer - Conditions of Prayer - First Introduction - Article 14
Ayatollah Sistani (may Allah protect him): Minhaj al-Salihin - Vol. 1 - Rules of Times and Order between Prayers - Article 508