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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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The imam stands for the third rak'ah in tarawih in error

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Question:
Some imams in the tarawih prayer may make a mistake in their prayer, standing up for the third rak'ah. They realize that they have added to their prayer, either because the ma'mum (those praying behind the imam) alert them to it, or because they remember it themselves. They then say to themselves, "I will complete the prayer and make it a continuous set of five or seven." What is the ruling on doing this?

Answer:
This is a mistake, an error. If he stands up for the third rak'ah and is alerted or becomes aware of it, he should sit down and not continue, because
The night prayer is (to be offered) two by two.صلاة الليل مثنى مثنى
Sunan Ibn Majah 1319Sahih (Darussalam)
, and the scholars say that if one stands up for the third rak'ah in the night prayer, it is as if he had stood up for the third rak'ah in the Fajr prayer, because the night prayer is performed in pairs, just like the Fajr prayer. He does not continue; rather, he sits down and performs the prostration of Islam. Yes.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 141/31 شرح زاد المستقنع/ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com (52:21)

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