The Imam’s Alert When He Prostrates Before Bowing
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The questioner:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, if the imam makes a mistake and prostrates before he bows, and the people behind him say the takbir with him, but he does not know what mistake he made and becomes confused, and does not know what to do, how should he be alerted? Is it said to him, “Bow”? And what is the ruling on his prayer?
The Shaykh:
Either[Al-Hajj 22:77] and keep it secret, or His saying, the Exalted: [Al-Baqarah 2:43].
The questioner:
And if someone says to him, “Bow,” does that prolong his prayer?
The Shaykh:
His prayer is not invalidated, because this is for the benefit of the prayer, and it is also permissible. That is, if it is permissible, he says the takbir, and his prayer is not invalidated, if Allah wills. Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, if the imam makes a mistake and prostrates before he bows, and the people behind him say the takbir with him, but he does not know what mistake he made and becomes confused, and does not know what to do, how should he be alerted? Is it said to him, “Bow”? And what is the ruling on his prayer?
The Shaykh:
Either
O you who have believed, bow
يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا ارْكَعُواand bow with those who bow [in worship and obedience].
وَارْكَعُوا مَعَ الرَّاكِعِينَThe questioner:
And if someone says to him, “Bow,” does that prolong his prayer?
The Shaykh:
His prayer is not invalidated, because this is for the benefit of the prayer, and it is also permissible. That is, if it is permissible, he says the takbir, and his prayer is not invalidated, if Allah wills. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 018 من 123 / شرح كتاب زاد المستقنع / الصلاة / سجود السهو / صالح الفوزان / الفقه / كبار العلماء — youtube.com (1:03:11)
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