The Imam's Notification When He Prostrates Before Bowing in Error and the Ruling on the Prayer
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The questioner:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. If the imam makes a mistake and prostrates before bowing, and the congregation says the takbir with him, but he does not know what he missed and becomes confused and does not know what to do, how should he be alerted? Should he be told to bow? And what is the ruling on his prayer?
The Shaykh:
He remains with the verse[Al-Hajj 22:77]. Or His saying, Exalted is He: [Al-Baqarah 2:43]. We understand by the verse that mentions what he left out.
The questioner:
And if someone says to him, "Bow," does he make up the prayer?
The Shaykh:
His prayer is not invalidated, because this is for the benefit of the prayer, and also he is ready; the rent is ready by ruling, so 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 bowing, and the congregation says the takbir with him, but he does not know what he missed and becomes confused and does not know what to do, how should he be alerted? Should he be told to bow? And what is the ruling on his prayer?
The Shaykh:
He remains with the verse
O you who have believed, bow and prostrate
يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا ارْكَعُوا وَاسْجُدُواand bow with those who bow [in worship and obedience].
وَارْكَعُوا مَعَ الرَّاكِعِينَThe questioner:
And if someone says to him, "Bow," does he make up the prayer?
The Shaykh:
His prayer is not invalidated, because this is for the benefit of the prayer, and also he is ready; the rent is ready by ruling, so his prayer is not invalidated, if Allah wills. Yes.
Source
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