The Ruling on the Prostration of Forgetfulness After the Congregation Has Dispersed and the Extra Rak'ah
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, the imam prayed the four-rak'ah prayer as five rak'ahs, and no one alerted him until he had left the mosque and the congregation had dispersed. What is to be done? And what is the ruling for the one who joined the imam in the extra rak'ah? Is it counted?
Answer:
He is required to prostrate after the taslim, but if the interval is long and the people have left the mosque, the prostration of forgetfulness is dropped, and the prayer is valid, if Allah wills. This forgetfulness was not intentional. As for counting the extra rak'ah for the one who joined late, that is not valid, because this rak'ah is neither valid nor considered, so the one who joined late does not count it. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, the imam prayed the four-rak'ah prayer as five rak'ahs, and no one alerted him until he had left the mosque and the congregation had dispersed. What is to be done? And what is the ruling for the one who joined the imam in the extra rak'ah? Is it counted?
Answer:
He is required to prostrate after the taslim, but if the interval is long and the people have left the mosque, the prostration of forgetfulness is dropped, and the prayer is valid, if Allah wills. This forgetfulness was not intentional. As for counting the extra rak'ah for the one who joined late, that is not valid, because this rak'ah is neither valid nor considered, so the one who joined late does not count it. Yes.
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