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Is the prayer of one who adds a fifth rak'ah, then says the taslim, then is alerted and immediately performs the prostration of forgetfulness, valid?

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What the questioner did was correct, as he prostrated directly without standing, because standing is not prescribed for the two prostrations of forgetfulness.

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