Returning to the first tashahhud after standing up
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: I am the imam, and I forgot to sit for the first tashahhud. I stood up and straightened my posture, so the ma'mumun (those praying behind the imam) alerted me. I went back and performed the tashahhud. Is my action valid?
Answer:
If you went back before starting the recitation, doing so is disliked (makruh), but the prayer is valid. Because if you have established your standing, you should not go back; going back is disliked. If you have started the recitation, going back is forbidden (haram), because one does not go back after starting a pillar (rukn) to perform an obligatory act (wajib). The pillar is more emphasized than the obligatory act. But if you did this while ignorant, your prayer is valid.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: I am the imam, and I forgot to sit for the first tashahhud. I stood up and straightened my posture, so the ma'mumun (those praying behind the imam) alerted me. I went back and performed the tashahhud. Is my action valid?
Answer:
If you went back before starting the recitation, doing so is disliked (makruh), but the prayer is valid. Because if you have established your standing, you should not go back; going back is disliked. If you have started the recitation, going back is forbidden (haram), because one does not go back after starting a pillar (rukn) to perform an obligatory act (wajib). The pillar is more emphasized than the obligatory act. But if you did this while ignorant, your prayer is valid.
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، فصل ومن حيله ومكايده : الكلام الباطل والآراء المتهافتة والخيالات — islamhouse.com (1:11:12)
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