Mistakes in Prayer
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Does a single, isolated error in prayer, such as saying "Subhan Allah wa bihamdih" during the bowing (ruku'), necessitate the prostration of forgetfulness (sujud as-sahw) after the prayer ends?
What does forgetting the middle rakʿah in prayer necessitate?
What is the ruling on frequent forgetfulness in prayer, and is the prostration of forgetfulness (sujood as-sahw) obligatory with repeated forgetfulness, and is my prayer accepted?
What is the ruling regarding the 'Isha prayer if the Imam stood up after two rak'ahs without the tashahhud, then he was alerted, so he sat down, completed the prayer, and performed the prostration of forgetfulness after the taslim?
Is the prayer of one who, after the first Tashahhud, unintentionally completed the third rak'ah, then performed the prostrations of forgetfulness (sujud al-sahw) and concluded the prayer without repeating the final Tashahhud, valid, or must it be repeated?
What does a Muslim say in the prostration of forgetfulness (sujud al-sahw)?
Is it permissible for someone who doubts having performed the second prostration (sujud) to perform it immediately without trying to recall whether he had performed it or not, and what should he have done in this case?
- Is it permissible to perform the prostration of forgetfulness (sujud al-sahw) for various errors in prayer, and how and when is it performed? Is there a specific prostration of forgetfulness for each error, especially when the errors are not precisely identified? - Can cats hear the voices of those being tormented in their graves, and is this the reason for their frowns?
What is the supplication recited in the prostration of forgetfulness (sujud as-sahw)?
Does obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) that leads to doubt regarding the intention for ablution (wudu'), the number of times limbs are washed, the impurity of clothes due to pre-seminal fluid (madhiy) or passing wind, and the number of rak'ahs in prayer, permit me to interrupt and repeat the prayer, knowing that these doubts might lead me to abandon prayer altogether?
Is it obligatory to perform the forgetfulness prostration (sujud al-sahw), either before or after the salaam, if a worshipper inadvertently recites an audible prayer silently or vice versa?
Is what the worshiper did—completing the Tashahhud after forgetting a prostration in the last rak‘ah, then performing it, then saying the Taslim, then performing the prostration of forgetfulness—correct, or must he repeat the prayer?
What should I do about my recurring forgetfulness in prayer and my inability to recall the number of Rak'ahs, despite performing the prostration of forgetfulness (sujud al-sahw)?
Does the prayer of one who prostrates, thinking that the marks separating the Hizb (sections) in the Mushaf are places for prostration, become nullified?
Is the Tashahhud to be repeated in its entirety after the prostration of forgetfulness (sujood al-sahw), meaning from "At-Tahiyyaatu Lillahi" until "Innaka Hameedun Majeedun" or until "Muhammadun 'abduhu wa rasooluhu"?
Is the prostration of forgetfulness obligatory for someone who sat for five seconds after prostrating in the third rak'ah, then stood up for the fourth, without forgetting a pillar or an obligatory act? And what is incumbent upon him if he did not prostrate? And does forgetting to say "Rabbi ighfir li" (Lord, forgive me) between the two prostrations necessitate the prostration of forgetfulness? And is the Sunnah to be made up?
A woman had her menses but forgot and prayed; what must she do?
What is the ruling on forgetting the final Tashahhud until the Imam says the Taslim, then performing it after the Taslim and the prostration of forgetfulness? And what is the correct action in this case?
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?
Is it permissible for someone who doubted their bowing (rukūʿ), then prostrated, to return to bowing after prostrating, and is their prayer valid?
What is the ruling if I recited the final Tashahhud after the first Tashahhud by mistake, while still having the third and fourth rak'ahs remaining: Should I say the tasleem and repeat the prayer, or should I rise for the third rak'ah?
I usually perform the prostration of forgetfulness (Sujud Al-Sahw) in most of my prayers; what is the ruling on that?
What is the ruling on the prostration of forgetfulness (sujud al-sahw) if the Imam recites the Qunut supplication in the first and second rak'ahs of the Fajr prayer, and is the prayer of the congregant (ma'mum) who did not perform the prostration of forgetfulness with the Imam acceptable?
Is prostration of forgetfulness (sujud al-sahw) required if the Imam makes a mistake in the places for saying "Allahu Akbar" (takbir) and "Sami' Allahu liman hamidah" (tasmi' )?