Is the congregational prayer valid if the Imam stood for the fourth rak'ah, and one of the congregants alerted him with "SubhanAllah," thinking it was the Maghrib prayer, whereupon the Imam sat down, said the taslim, performed the prostration of forgetfulness (sujud al-sahw), then completed the missing rak'ah, said the taslim, and performed the prostration of forgetfulness again, knowing that some of the congregants repeated their prayer claiming its invalidity?
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The Imam's prayer is valid because he caught up with the fourth رکعه, and his prostration of forgetfulness (sujood al-ba'di) compensates for the extra sitting and salutation. As for those praying behind him, whoever thought the prayer was complete and ﷺ gave the salutation following the Imam, their prayer is valid. However, whoever gave the salutation while certain that the prayer was incomplete, their prayer is invalid.
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