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Must the prayer be repeated if the worshiper added an extra rakʿah due to an incorrect ijthihad, thinking that the first rakʿah was not counted?

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The majority of scholars are in agreement that whoever catches the Imam while bowing has caught the rak'ah. What you did by making up a rak'ah in its place is considered an addition to the prayer. Scholars have differed regarding the ruling on one who adds a rak'ah out of ignorance, and what we deem more probable is that re-offering the prayer is not obligatory. However, it is preferable and more cautious to re-offer it to avoid the difference of opinion.

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