Adding a Rak'ah to the Witr Prayer by Mistake
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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. If one forgets in the witr prayer and adds a rak'ah, then remembers in the middle of it, what should he do?
The Shaykh:
Yes, yes.
The questioner:
If one forgets in the witr prayer and adds a rak'ah, then remembers in the middle of it, what should he do?
The Shaykh:
If he adds a rak'ah in the witr and remembers in the middle of it, he sits. He sits. He does not continue in it. And if he does not remember until after he has finished it, he prostrates for forgetfulness. Yes.
The questioner:
And if he remembers it after that, is it considered another even-numbered prayer?
The Shaykh:
Yes, consider it as witr and prostrate for forgetfulness, because this addition has no standing. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. If one forgets in the witr prayer and adds a rak'ah, then remembers in the middle of it, what should he do?
The Shaykh:
Yes, yes.
The questioner:
If one forgets in the witr prayer and adds a rak'ah, then remembers in the middle of it, what should he do?
The Shaykh:
If he adds a rak'ah in the witr and remembers in the middle of it, he sits. He sits. He does not continue in it. And if he does not remember until after he has finished it, he prostrates for forgetfulness. Yes.
The questioner:
And if he remembers it after that, is it considered another even-numbered prayer?
The Shaykh:
Yes, consider it as witr and prostrate for forgetfulness, because this addition has no standing. Yes.
Source
الفوزان -أشرطة- شرح زاد المستقنع مع الأسئلة - ٠١٨-كتاب الصلاة - ٩ - تكملة سجود السهو - صلاة التطوع - ١٤-٧- — archive.org (28:34)
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