Leaving a prostration in the Tarawih prayer and saying the closing salam before completing it
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Question:
The Shaykh’s issue was that they were combining [the prayers] and they were saying the salam in the Tarawih prayer, so we prostrated the second prostration in the third rak'ah and said the salam, then the water ended, so he sat and prostrated, then said the salam, and the people turned around with him. They said, “You will not prostrate for forgetfulness,” so he did not prostrate, and there was no harm in that.
Answer:
This is an error. It is obligatory that he performs the prostration, then performs the tashahhud after it, then says the salam, and prostrates for forgetfulness, or prostrates for forgetfulness before saying the salam. It is necessary that he does one of these things: he performs the prostration, then performs the tashahhud, because the first tashahhud is not valid, then he prostrates for forgetfulness, whether he wishes before the salam or after the salam. Yes.
The Shaykh’s issue was that they were combining [the prayers] and they were saying the salam in the Tarawih prayer, so we prostrated the second prostration in the third rak'ah and said the salam, then the water ended, so he sat and prostrated, then said the salam, and the people turned around with him. They said, “You will not prostrate for forgetfulness,” so he did not prostrate, and there was no harm in that.
Answer:
This is an error. It is obligatory that he performs the prostration, then performs the tashahhud after it, then says the salam, and prostrates for forgetfulness, or prostrates for forgetfulness before saying the salam. It is necessary that he does one of these things: he performs the prostration, then performs the tashahhud, because the first tashahhud is not valid, then he prostrates for forgetfulness, whether he wishes before the salam or after the salam. Yes.
Source
شرح بلوغ المرام من أدلة الأحكام [ صالح الفوزان ]، باب سجود السهو وغيره — islamhouse.com (59:15)
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