Mistakes in Prayer
683 questions
What is the ruling on someone who forgot to say "Our Lord, and to You be the praise" and did not perform the prostration of forgetfulness (sujud al-sahw)?
What can I do to get rid of the prayer-related waswas that makes me hear those around me, and I fear that I am sinning?
Is anything required of someone who forgets during prayer, yet reminds himself that he is in the Dhuhr prayer or in such-and-such a رک’ah?
Should a worshiper complete his final Tashahhud if he doubts during it the number of prostrations he performed (one or two)?
Does the intention to repeat a prayer upon doubting or making a mistake in it – whether before or during the prayer – invalidate the intention, and is my prayer valid in this case, and how do I renew the intention if the prayer is interrupted?
What is the ruling on someone who recited the Tashahhud inadvertently in the third rak'ah and remembered while doing so? Should he stand up immediately? And what is the ruling on someone who recited the Tashahhud twice inadvertently, in the second and third rak'ahs? And what is the ruling on someone who completely forgot the Tashahhud and only remembered it after the Tasleem?
What is the ruling on the prayer of the Imam and the congregants if the Imam bowed instead of prostrating at the verse of prostration during the Fajr prayer on Friday, then prostrated after being alerted by the congregants?
What is the ruling on praying behind an Imam who makes mistakes in reciting Al-Fatiha, insists on leading the prayer, and does not accept advice?
Is it permissible to use the Holy Quran on a mobile phone to follow the Imam who makes many mistakes in vowelization (tashkeel) and words, omits verses, and prolongs the recitation, and what is the solution to this problem?
How should one seek refuge (isti‘adha) and spit lightly (naft) three times in prayer due to excessive whisperings (waswasah): Is it by seeking refuge, then spitting lightly three times consecutively, or by seeking refuge three times, then spitting lightly three times? And is it sufficient to seek refuge only once when whisperings are frequent?
What is the ruling on doubting the completion of prostration after rising from it? And should prostration only be repeated, or the entire prayer? And what is the ruling on erring in the Tashahhud by saying the word "wa rahmatullahi," and should the "wa" be repeated with it, and is it considered an invalidating addition? And does the prayer become invalidated by the intention to repeat Al-Fatiha as a precaution, even though it was recited correctly? And what should one do if they err in the second part of the final Tashahhud, or repeat something they did not err in during the first Tashahhud? And how should one deal with excessive doubt and forgetfulness in prayer to the extent of repeating pillars and feeling dizzy?
Does forgetting the Tashahhud or doubting its recitation invalidate the prayer, and what should be done?
Is it obligatory for someone who caught three rak'ahs with the Imam and made taslim with him, then prayed the Sunnah (post-prayer voluntary prayer), upon being alerted by his neighbor, to pray one rak'ah, or to repeat the entire prayer because he separated it with the Sunnah?
Must the Maghrib prayer be repeated if the worshiper mistakenly uttered "My Lord, forgive me" between the two prostrations in the first rak'ah, and completed the prayer without performing the prostration of forgetfulness, and must the subsequent prayers be made up in order?
What is the ruling on the prayer of someone who inadvertently added the word "ya" (O) in the final Tashahhud, and should he repeat the Dhuhr prayer or the Jumu'ah (Friday) prayer? And how does one differentiate between an error that invalidates the prayer and a mere whisper (waswasa)?
What is the ruling on someone who doubted whether he had performed the bowing (rukuʿ) while in prostration (sujud) during the second rakʿah, then stood up to perform it, but then remembered that he had already performed it? Should he complete the extra bowing or return to prostration?
What is the ruling regarding my feelings towards someone I loved before my marriage, and should I continue in my current marriage despite my psychological discomfort with him, and my desire for divorce to marry the one I love?
Is it obligatory for me to teach worshippers who make mistakes in their prayers, and does this fall under the hadiths "Whoever among you sees an evil, let him change it with his hand" or "Whoever conceals knowledge will be bridled with a bridle of fire"?
What are the conditions for enjoining good and forbidding evil pertaining to the evil being manifest, not discovered through spying; occurring in the present; and its prohibition not being a matter of legitimate scholarly disagreement? And how do these conditions apply to mistakes observed by a worshipper during their prayer?
Is the Tarawih prayer valid if the sister leads it despite her numerous mistakes in reciting the the Qur’an, and her refusal to be led?
Is what the Imam did correct or not, by performing a complete rak'ah after having prostrated once in the first rak'ah, and being alerted to this after the prayer?
Is the prayer of a father valid if he prays sitting in a chair, prostrates only once, and refuses to believe whoever reminds him that there is another prostration remaining, knowing that he is elderly and suffers from memory loss?
What should one do who forgot to recite Al-Fatiha in the first Rak'ah and remembered it during the last Tashahhud?
What is the ruling on repeating verses of Al-Fatiha for fear of forgetting a word, and do sexual fantasies or a feeling of coldness and shivering and the emission of a moist substance while washing the urethral opening affect the validity of the fast?