The Repeated Prostration for Forgetfulness in the Prayers
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Question:
The question asks: Is it permissible if the prostration for forgetfulness is repeated in more than one obligatory prayer in a single day? Or is it better to repeat the prayer, despite trying to focus in the prayer?
Answer:
The prostration for forgetfulness is sufficient. If one forgets in the Dhuhr prayer, he performs the prostration for forgetfulness; if he forgets in the 'Asr prayer, likewise. So, what is sufficient for you is what is sufficient for us. If a person doubts in the Dhuhr prayer, for example, whether he prayed three or four rak'ahs, he acts on the lesser number, completes the fourth, then prostrates once before the taslim. If he doubts in the Maghrib prayer whether he prayed two or three, he completes the third as a precaution for the obligation, then prostrates once before the taslim. And so on regarding the prostrations: he prostrates one or two prostrations as a precaution, prostrating a second time until he is certain, and when he reaches the taslim, he prostrates two prostrations before the taslim. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you.
The question asks: Is it permissible if the prostration for forgetfulness is repeated in more than one obligatory prayer in a single day? Or is it better to repeat the prayer, despite trying to focus in the prayer?
Answer:
The prostration for forgetfulness is sufficient. If one forgets in the Dhuhr prayer, he performs the prostration for forgetfulness; if he forgets in the 'Asr prayer, likewise. So, what is sufficient for you is what is sufficient for us. If a person doubts in the Dhuhr prayer, for example, whether he prayed three or four rak'ahs, he acts on the lesser number, completes the fourth, then prostrates once before the taslim. If he doubts in the Maghrib prayer whether he prayed two or three, he completes the third as a precaution for the obligation, then prostrates once before the taslim. And so on regarding the prostrations: he prostrates one or two prostrations as a precaution, prostrating a second time until he is certain, and when he reaches the taslim, he prostrates two prostrations before the taslim. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you.
Source
فتاوى الحج ١٤١٠ هـ - ١ — archive.org (1:59:53)
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