What is the ruling on a follower who forgets and stands up for the fifth rak'ah?
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The questioner: All right, my Shaykh, if I was about to stand up for the fourth rak'ah and I thought to myself that this is the third one, so I was going to stand up for the fifth, then he said to me... Subhan Allah, I stood up, then I sat down and completed the fourth rak'ah. I have to perform the prostration for forgetfulness.
The Shaykh: What did you do?
The questioner: I forgot the fourth rak'ah; instead of sitting for the third, I stood up for the fifth...
The Shaykh: Then you continued standing.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh: Yes, you owe nothing.
The questioner: I owe nothing.
The Shaykh: If you continued standing, meaning you engaged in the fifth standing, and then you returned, the prostration for forgetfulness is obligatory for you. But if you did not continue standing and you returned, you owe nothing. Now, Mr. Professor.
The questioner: ... in the prayer, how did you see it, how is this...
The Shaykh : Do you see?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh: What did you do?
The questioner: I forgot the fourth rak'ah; instead of sitting for the third, I stood up for the fifth...
The Shaykh: Then you continued standing.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh: Yes, you owe nothing.
The questioner: I owe nothing.
The Shaykh: If you continued standing, meaning you engaged in the fifth standing, and then you returned, the prostration for forgetfulness is obligatory for you. But if you did not continue standing and you returned, you owe nothing. Now, Mr. Professor.
The questioner: ... in the prayer, how did you see it, how is this...
The Shaykh : Do you see?
The questioner : ... .
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