Remembering a state of ritual impurity during or after the prayer: Does one continue or repeat it?
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The questioner : Once I asked her about continuing the prayer, that if a man
The Shaykh : ...began his prayer. May Allah preserve him. For example, he prayed one rak'ah, and after finishing that rak'ah, he remembered that he had not performed ablution at all. So I said that he should go perform ablution and then complete from there, meaning he continues the prayer. Now, if a person prayed all four rak'ahs of a prayer, for example the midday prayer, he must repeat it. What is the difference? The difference is that it is established from 'Umar ibn al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) that he led the people in prayer one day during his caliphate, then he saw the trace of major ritual impurity on his clothes, so he performed the full ritual bath and repeated the prayer, but he did not order the people to repeat the prayer. So he repeated the prayer, and we distinguished between remembering during the prayer and remembering after the prayer has ended, by combining the authentic report from 'Umar with the authentic hadith from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him).
The questioner : Saeed al-Yadayn, Shukayb. Exactly.
The Shaykh : No. No.
The questioner : We buy with our hands when the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) is remembered.
The Shaykh : Abu Bakrah.
The questioner : The cultural one.
The Shaykh : ...began his prayer. May Allah preserve him. For example, he prayed one rak'ah, and after finishing that rak'ah, he remembered that he had not performed ablution at all. So I said that he should go perform ablution and then complete from there, meaning he continues the prayer. Now, if a person prayed all four rak'ahs of a prayer, for example the midday prayer, he must repeat it. What is the difference? The difference is that it is established from 'Umar ibn al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) that he led the people in prayer one day during his caliphate, then he saw the trace of major ritual impurity on his clothes, so he performed the full ritual bath and repeated the prayer, but he did not order the people to repeat the prayer. So he repeated the prayer, and we distinguished between remembering during the prayer and remembering after the prayer has ended, by combining the authentic report from 'Umar with the authentic hadith from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him).
The questioner : Saeed al-Yadayn, Shukayb. Exactly.
The Shaykh : No. No.
The questioner : We buy with our hands when the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) is remembered.
The Shaykh : Abu Bakrah.
The questioner : The cultural one.
Source
سلسلة الهدى والنور، رقم 414 في قناة «تسجيلات الإمام الألباني - محمد أبو ليلى الأثري» — youtube.com (27:22)
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