We prayed the night prayer with you, and we joined the prayer in the first prostration of the second unit, we said the takbir and prayed, then we sat with you for the first tashahhud.
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The questioner : The questioner says: O honorable Shaykh! We prayed the night prayer with you.
The Shaykh : We prayed?
The questioner : We prayed the night prayer with you. We joined the prayer in the first prostration of the second unit, we said the takbir and prayed, then we sat with you for the first tashahhud. Then we completed the two units while you said the taslim, and we performed the prostration for forgetfulness before the taslim, then we said the taslim. Is the prayer valid? If not, are we required to repeat it? Many of the brothers find the issue of the prostration for forgetfulness confusing.
The Shaykh : This is what we understood from the words of the female questioner: that she did not pray more than two units.
The questioner : It seems she completed it, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : In any case: if she did not pray more than two units, it is obligatory for her now to repeat the prayer with four units.
The questioner : She says: We completed, O Shaykh, the two units while you said the taslim.
The Shaykh : And if she completed the two units after you said the taslim, she stood and prayed the two units, then she must perform the prostration for forgetfulness after the taslim. If she missed it, what was missed does not harm her.
The summary: for example, if something like what happened tonight occurs: that the imam had a prostration for forgetfulness after the taslim, and some people had to make up part of the prayer, what do they do? It is obligatory that when the imam says the taslim from the prayer, they stand and make up what is due on them. Then, if they caught up with the imam in his forgetfulness, they perform the prostration for forgetfulness after the taslim. And if the imam forgot before they joined him, nothing is required of them. Yes. Is it clear, everyone, or not? Yes.
The Shaykh : We prayed?
The questioner : We prayed the night prayer with you. We joined the prayer in the first prostration of the second unit, we said the takbir and prayed, then we sat with you for the first tashahhud. Then we completed the two units while you said the taslim, and we performed the prostration for forgetfulness before the taslim, then we said the taslim. Is the prayer valid? If not, are we required to repeat it? Many of the brothers find the issue of the prostration for forgetfulness confusing.
The Shaykh : This is what we understood from the words of the female questioner: that she did not pray more than two units.
The questioner : It seems she completed it, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : In any case: if she did not pray more than two units, it is obligatory for her now to repeat the prayer with four units.
The questioner : She says: We completed, O Shaykh, the two units while you said the taslim.
The Shaykh : And if she completed the two units after you said the taslim, she stood and prayed the two units, then she must perform the prostration for forgetfulness after the taslim. If she missed it, what was missed does not harm her.
The summary: for example, if something like what happened tonight occurs: that the imam had a prostration for forgetfulness after the taslim, and some people had to make up part of the prayer, what do they do? It is obligatory that when the imam says the taslim from the prayer, they stand and make up what is due on them. Then, if they caught up with the imam in his forgetfulness, they perform the prostration for forgetfulness after the taslim. And if the imam forgot before they joined him, nothing is required of them. Yes. Is it clear, everyone, or not? Yes.