Doubt about whether one prostrated once or twice
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Question:
The questioner says: If a person praying doubts whether he prostrated once or twice, what should he do before standing up? And what should he do after standing up for the next rak'ah?
Answer:
If he has entered the next rak'ah by standing up and beginning to recite al-Fatihah, the rak'ah in which he left a prostration is void, and the second one takes its place. He completes his prayer and prostrates for the missed prostration. This is if he left a prostration. However, if he left it and stood up but did not straighten his posture, and then he remembered or mentioned it, he returns and performs the prostration he left, completes the rak'ah, and then stands up for the rak'ah that follows.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you.
The questioner says: If a person praying doubts whether he prostrated once or twice, what should he do before standing up? And what should he do after standing up for the next rak'ah?
Answer:
If he has entered the next rak'ah by standing up and beginning to recite al-Fatihah, the rak'ah in which he left a prostration is void, and the second one takes its place. He completes his prayer and prostrates for the missed prostration. This is if he left a prostration. However, if he left it and stood up but did not straighten his posture, and then he remembered or mentioned it, he returns and performs the prostration he left, completes the rak'ah, and then stands up for the rak'ah that follows.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you.
Source
بلوغ المرام - 04-08-1432هـ — af.org.sa (1:08:28)
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