Mistakes in Prayer
683 questions
What is the solution for dealing with forgetting the number of prostrations in prayer, which started happening a month ago?
What is required of a lone worshiper if he moves to prostrate mistakenly before completing the remembrance, "Our Lord, and to You be the praise," or moves to rise from bowing or prostration before completing the glorification in them, and what is the ruling on his prayer in these cases?
Must one make up for a prayer if, while making up consecutive prayers, one doubted whether one had stood up after reciting the Fatiha or after straightening up from bowing, and one considered it to be after bowing because one is prone to doubt?
What is the ruling on the prayer of an individual who, after rising from rukūʿ, did not stand for a sufficient duration to say "Samiʿa Allāhu liman ḥamidah" (Allah hears those who praise Him) or "Subḥānallāh" (Glory be to Allah), and is prostration of forgetfulness (sujūd as-sahw) required in this case?
What is the ruling on performing the prostration of forgetfulness (sujud al-sahw) due to correcting an error in the transitional takbir after recalling a fatwa stating that the prayer is not invalidated by this, and does this prostration invalidate the prayer?
Is my prayer considered invalid according to what was mentioned about my repeating the prostration and then performing the prostration of forgetfulness, and is it legislated to repeat the prostration of forgetfulness if I make a mistake in its remembrances and takbirat?
Is the prayer of one who completed the fourth rak'ah after remembering that he had prayed three rak'ahs valid, taking into consideration that he ate what was stuck between his teeth before completing the fourth rak'ah?
Is the prayer valid if the worshipper makes a mistake in the number of rak'ahs and forgets the prostrations of forgetfulness (sujud al-sahw) before and after the taslim, and then gets up from the prayer?
What should I do if I am assailed by doubt during a four-rak'ah prayer (obligatory or supererogatory) between the third and fourth rak'ahs, so I act upon the lesser number and stand up to pray an additional rak'ah with the intention of performing the prostration of forgetfulness, then while in the prayer I become certain that it has become the fifth rak'ah? Should I complete the fifth rak'ah, or should I sit down to end the prayer and perform the prostration of forgetfulness?
Is the prostration of forgetfulness (sujud al-sahw) legislated if the Imam sits during the third rak'ah, believing it to be the fourth, then stands up immediately after being alerted by the congregants and performs the fourth (rak'ah)?
What is the ruling on the prayer of an Imam who fell asleep during the first prostration of the first rak'ah, and the people alerted him, so he moved on to the second rak'ah? And what is the ruling on another person having to repeat their prayer because of this?
Does the prayer of one who is assailed by doubt during prayer become void if he bases his action on the minimum? And does basing it on the maximum include all actions of the prayer, such as doubting the place of error while reciting Al-Fatiha, and should he repeat the word that is closer in time or the one that is further away?
Are excessive doubts in ablution and prayer, such as repeated doubts about the takbir or Al-Fatiha or the number of prostrations, and doubts about the discharge of secretions, and the prolonged time spent purifying oneself in the bathroom, and quickly accusing oneself of having obsessive doubts to avoid repeating ablution and prayer, considered signs of obsessive-compulsive disorder (waswasah), and what is the ruling on prayer in these cases?
Is Fajr prayer considered void if performed with the intention of timely performance while having misgivings about whether it is a timely or a make-up prayer?
What is correct concerning prayers in which a prostration of doubt was repeated without a takbir, taking into consideration following Imam Ahmad's view on the prostration of forgetfulness for unknowingly omitting wajib (obligatory) acts?
What is the ruling on the prayer of someone afflicted with obsessive-compulsive disorder who, due to it, pronounces the takbīrat al-intiqāl (takbir of transition) before moving in prayer? And how can one balance adherence to the Sharia with not succumbing to the obsessive whispers after recovery from it?
What should one do who prayed two rak'ahs for Witr instead of one?
What is the ruling regarding someone who raises his hands for the takbir when he intends to prostrate after saying: "Rabbana wa lakal hamd (Our Lord, and to You be all praise)," believing that this is the place for raising them, and then hesitates about it? Is he required to perform the prostration of forgetfulness (sujud as-sahw)? Or is his prayer valid?
Is what the worshiper did—interrupting the Tashahhud and standing up to complete the fourth rak‘ah, then performing the prostrations of forgetfulness (sujud al-sahw) after the salām—correct, given that he doubted the number of rak‘ahs (three or four) during the final Tashahhud in the ‘Ishā’ prayer?
Should the congregant perform the prostration of forgetfulness if he thought he had caught the last tashahhud and sat for it, then remembered it was not the last rak'ah and stood to follow the imam? What is the ruling on one who out of ignorance abandons the prostration of forgetfulness in this situation? Does he have to repeat the prayer?
What should one do who doubts the remembrance of bowing while in it or after rising from it, or doubts the prostration and forgot what was said in the bowing, and what is the ruling on his previous prayers in which he doubted and completed them without doing anything?
What is the ruling on the prayer of one who doubts his prostration in the last rak'ah, then is almost certain that he performed two prostrations? And what is meant by the distance between the chin and the neck that must be covered during prayer?
What is the ruling on doubting the intention during prayer due to satanic whispers, and what is the effect of being preoccupied with worldly matters such as talking and looking before prayer on the validity of the intention?
What is the solution to recurrent doubt in prayer, such as forgetting to place the nose on the ground, or the number of prostrations, or the takbir, and what is the legal position regarding this waswas (whispering from Satan)?