Is what the worshipper did correct: bowing, thinking the Imam had bowed, instead of performing the prostration of recitation, then realizing his mistake and prostrating with the Imam, then performing the prostration of forgetfulness after the taslim?
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Your prostration when you realized your mistake was correct. However, the prostration of forgetfulness ( al-sahw) after the prayer was not prescribed, because the Imam bears the forgetfulness on behalf of the congregant according to the majority of scholars, and this has been narrated as a consensus.
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