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If one forgets a rak'ah and then performs it, does he prostrate for forgetfulness before the taslim or after it?

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Question:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. The questioner says: A person prayed and then said the taslim while forgetting a rak'ah, and then he performed that rak'ah which he had forgotten. Does he prostrate for forgetfulness before the taslim or after it?

Answer:
It is all the same; prostrating before or after is all permissible. However, prostration for forgetfulness due to a deficiency is done before the taslim because it is a compensation. If it is due to an addition, it is done after the taslim because it is to humiliate Satan, not as a compensation.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [3436/2462] من نسي ركعة وأتى بها ، هل يسجد للسهو قبل السلام أم بعده؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com

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