Doubt Regarding the Number of Prostrations for Forgetfulness and Repeating the Prostration
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The questioner:
Your Eminence, the questioner says: If a person praying forgets whether he prostrated for forgetfulness once or twice, what should he do in that case?
The Shaykh:
He prostrates twice. If he doubts whether he prostrated once or twice, he builds on certainty, counting it as one prostration and completing the second, then he prostrates for forgetfulness when he concludes the prayer. He builds on certainty and prostrates for forgetfulness at the time of the closing salam.
The questioner:
May Allah reward you. In the continuation of his question, he says: If the person praying prostrates for forgetfulness, then proceeds to the tashahhud while forgetting, does he prostrate again for forgetfulness?
The Shaykh:
No. There is never two prostrations for forgetfulness in one prayer; one prostration for forgetfulness is sufficient. Yes.
Your Eminence, the questioner says: If a person praying forgets whether he prostrated for forgetfulness once or twice, what should he do in that case?
The Shaykh:
He prostrates twice. If he doubts whether he prostrated once or twice, he builds on certainty, counting it as one prostration and completing the second, then he prostrates for forgetfulness when he concludes the prayer. He builds on certainty and prostrates for forgetfulness at the time of the closing salam.
The questioner:
May Allah reward you. In the continuation of his question, he says: If the person praying prostrates for forgetfulness, then proceeds to the tashahhud while forgetting, does he prostrate again for forgetfulness?
The Shaykh:
No. There is never two prostrations for forgetfulness in one prayer; one prostration for forgetfulness is sufficient. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 78/10 شرح التفسير المفصل / الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com (1:05:44)
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