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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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I stood up for the third rak'ah in a voluntary prayer by mistake; may I complete four rak'ahs?

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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: In a voluntary prayer, I stood up for the third rak'ah by mistake. May I complete four rak'ahs? In a voluntary prayer, I stood up for the third rak'ah.

Answer:
No, not at night. At night, you must sit, because the night prayer is in pairs of two, so you do not stand up for a fifth. As for during the day, there is no fifth; it is changed from two to four, because it is permissible to perform voluntary prayer during the day in four rak'ahs. Yes, with one taslim. Yes.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [4536- 4717] قمت للركعة الثالثة في صلاة النافلة ناسيا فهل لي أن أكمل أربع ركعات؟ — youtube.com

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