Is my prayer valid if I sat for the Tashahhud in the first rak'ah of the supererogatory prayer, then remembered and stood for the second rak'ah, and performed the prostration of forgetfulness (sujud al-sahw) after the prayer?
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The Maliki school and Ibn Taymiyyah hold that the al-ba'di (prostration of forgetfulness performed after the ) should be performed after the taslim if there was an addition to the sitting for the . Its delay does not matter, as it can be performed whenever the worshiper remembers it, even after a long time. The prayer is not invalidated by its omission at all.
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