Mistakes in Prayer
683 questions
How can one make up for an omitted integral part of the prayer, such as a prostration? And is that done by performing a complete rak'ah and then the prostration of forgetfulness (sujood as-sahw) after the tasleem due to the addition, or is it before the tasleem?
What is the ruling on my prayer after making a mistake in saying "Lord, forgive me" between the two prostrations and not performing the prostration of forgetfulness?
What is the ruling on prayers if "التحيات لله" (All Salutations are for Allah) and "النبي" (the Prophet) are recited with a sukoon on the yaa (ي), given that the original vowel for both words is a kasra (ــِـ)?
Does the Fajr prayer become void if the Imam makes two mistakes in other than Al-Fatiha and the mistakes are not corrected?
Does Friday Prayer become invalid by seeking refuge from Satan in one's heart, and is it obligatory to repeat it as Dhuhr?
Is the person who unintentionally collided with a woman considered to have wronged her, and would her prayer against him for failing his final exam be accepted, and what should he do?
Is the congregant who delays completing the Tashahhud after the Imam's Tasleem due to obsessive doubts about the recitation still considered a follower of the Imam, such that the Imam bears the prostration of forgetfulness on his behalf if the congregant makes a mistake in the Tashahhud during this period?
Is the prostration of forgetfulness (sujud al-sahw) performed in a two-rak'ah prayer?
Is it permissible to repeat the recitation of Al-Fatiha in a single rak'ah, or to increase the number of rak'ahs due to forgetfulness, especially when suffering from distraction and forgetting to complete the pillars (of prayer)?
If a worshipper omits a letter from the opening Takbir (Takbirat al-Ihram) and then repeats it, is it obligatory to renew the intention for the prayer along with it, and what is the ruling for someone who forgets the intention to remove minor impurity during ablution (wudu')?
What should one do who entered the Dhuhr prayer having missed two or three rak'ahs, and doubted that, so based his action on his certainty that he had missed two rak'ahs, and thus made them up and performed the prostration of forgetfulness (sujood as-sahw), then later remembered that one rak'ah remained for him?
What is the ruling on the prayer of the imam and the congregants if the imam stood for a fifth rak'ah by mistake, then returned to the final tashahhud and did not perform the prostration of forgetfulness (sujud al-sahw)?
Should I repeat the prayer if I suspect that an action during it rendered it invalid, even if this occurs before its time expires, or should I wait to consult scholars, even if its time then expires?
Is it obligatory for someone who made a mistake in Surat Al-Fatiha, or the Tashahhud, or the Salawat Al-Ibrahimiyya ( भेजने के लिए, भेजने के लिए, भेजने के लिए), or the surah after Al-Fatiha, to repeat the prayer and perform the prostration of forgetfulness (sujud al-sahw) before the taslim (salutation), or is nothing required of him?
What is the ruling on someone who prayed five rak'ahs and no one noticed until some time after the salām, and is his prayer valid?
What is the ruling on someone afflicted with obsessive doubts who repeats the opening takbeer until the Imam bows, so he says the takbeer, then recites Al-Fatiha quickly and bows before the Imam rises from his bowing? Is this action correct, or are obsessive doubts not an excuse for abandoning Al-Fatiha? And is it obligatory to repeat the prayers he performed while doubting this action?
Is it obligatory to repeat the Fajr prayer after doubting the correctness of the transitional "takbeer" (Allahu Akbar) following prostration, and later becoming convinced of its incorrect performance?
What is the ruling on the prayer of one who says "Allahu Akbar" (God is the greatest) then "Sami'a Allahu liman hamidah" (Allah hears the one who praises Him) when rising from Rukoo' (bowing)?
What is the ruling on the Tashahhud and the two Taslims after the prostration of forgetfulness if it is performed after the Salām?
Is the prostration of forgetfulness (sujud al-sahw) obligatory for the worshipper (ma'mum) if he forgets the glorification (tasbih) in bowing (ruku') or prostration (sujud) in the rak'ah he catches up with the Imam?
What is the ruling on the prayer of one who inadvertently added a third rak'ah to the Fajr prayer, then completed it and performed the prostration of forgetfulness while being doubtful about his action?
What should a person suffering from religious doubt (waswas) do if his prayers become confused, and he does not know which prayer he is in, or if he doubts having performed a prayer after its time has elapsed?
What is the ruling on continuously pressing the head onto the prayer mat during prostration due to obsessive doubts about the head not reaching the ground?
What is the ruling on one who slightly rose during prostration for the first sitting, then returned and completed the same prostration?