Is the Isha prayer acceptable if the worshipper doubts having said the takbir when moving from the first tashahhud to the standing position, knowing that he completed his prayer?
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Your prayer is valid and what you did was correct. Those who mandate prostration of forgetfulness for omitting a takbir (other than the takbirat al-)—namely the Hanbalis—do not require prostration unless forgetfulness is certain, not merely suspected. As for the Shafi'is, they do not see any prostration of forgetfulness for omitting a takbir at all. The Malikis, on the other hand, only require prostration for omitting three takbirs or more due to forgetfulness.
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