Does forgetting the first tashahhud and standing for the third rakʿah, then remembering it and performing it out of forgetfulness, necessitate a prostration of forgetfulness ( sujūd as-sahw) before or after the salām?
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If you forget the first and then sit for the Tashahhud after the third رکعة due to forgetfulness, you should perform the prostration of forgetfulness ( as-Sahw) before the salām, because you omitted the first Tashahhud and added a Tashahhud in the wrong place. However, if you are a follower (Ma'mūm), you are not required to perform the prostration of forgetfulness, because the Imam bears it on your behalf, as stated in the : "There is no forgetfulness (Sahu) upon one who is behind the Imam. If his Imam forgets, then it is upon him and upon those behind him."
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