Mistakes in Prayer
683 questions
What is the correct ruling regarding returning to perform the tasbeeh that was unintentionally omitted in rukoo’ (bowing) or sujood (prostration), and is the obligation waived due to forgetfulness?
What is the ruling on the prayer of a congregant who forgot to bow with his imam and did not realize it until the imam was prostrating, so he prostrated with him without bowing, and what is the ruling on his prayer if he forgot to rise from bowing with the imam and prostrated with him from a bowing position?
What is the ruling on praying behind an Imam who makes mistakes in his prayer, such as reciting Al-Fatihah before fully standing for the second rak'ah, and not prostrating on his toes, and is the prayer behind him valid?
Is it permissible to pray behind an imam who makes mistakes in pronouncing some Arabic words when reciting the Qur’an?
Is a lone worshipper, if two trustworthy people alert him to a mistake he made, obligated to follow their word, such that his prayer would be invalid if he does not do so and is not certain of his own correctness, or is this ruling specific to alerting the imam by the congregants?
Is it obligatory to repeat the prayer if the Imam says "Allahu Akbar" when rising from bowing, and I was saying "Alhamdulillah" to myself?
What is the ruling on someone who recites the supplication: "My Lord, expand for me my breast and make easy for me my affair" during prayer instead of the glorification in prostration or the supplication between the two prostrations, or after the glorification in prostration, and then performs the two prostrations of forgetfulness before the Taslim?
How is the prostration of forgetfulness performed according to the Hanafi school of thought?
Is it permissible to spit lightly and seek refuge (with Allah) before prayer for one who suffers from obsessive doubts regarding the Takbir (Allahu Akbar) and the intention, and likewise for one who suffers from obsessive doubts regarding the pronunciation of Al-Fatiha or the surah after Al-Fatiha?
Is it permissible to make up two rak'ahs and perform the prostration of forgetfulness (sujud al-sahw) after prostrating with the Imam in the position of bowing due to the recitation of an ayah of prostration (sajdat al-tilawah) in the 'Isha prayer, or must the prayer be repeated?
Is it permissible for someone who forgets the number of rak'ahs or the first tashahhud in prayer to change their intention from obligatory to supererogatory and then repeat the obligatory prayer, or to abandon the prayer and start it anew?