What is the ruling if I am praying and I leave my prayer without saying the closing salam, then perform wudu and return to it?
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The questioner : I left without saying the salam, then performed wudu, and then returned to the prayer.
The Shaykh : I completed it, meaning
The questioner : No, I did not build upon what came before.
The Shaykh : Then why is there no salam? What do you mean?
The questioner : Because I did not leave the prayer without salam. The text of the hadith
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : So I left the prayer without the salam.
The Shaykh : Meaning I broke the prayer.
The questioner : Yes, I broke the prayer. Yes.
The Shaykh : Okay, and you went to perform wudu.
The questioner : And then you returned to the prayer.
The Shaykh : And you resumed the prayer.
The questioner : Yes
The Shaykh : Okay, you could have gone to perform wudu and come back to build upon what had passed.
The questioner : Even if you were in a state of ritual impurity.
The Shaykh : Not even we have one who is in a state of ritual impurity. Even this is an addition to what? What do you want to add? Your question is related to the fact that you remembered that you were in a state of ritual impurity, is that not so?
The questioner : Yes
The Shaykh : So then, even what?
The questioner : No, no, you left the prayer without the salam, meaning you did not say the salam, you left the prayer.
The Shaykh : Okay, let us recount your words.
The questioner : So then, the point is, you say, upon what do I build? Do I build...
The Shaykh : You say, even if he was in a state of ritual impurity, is that your inquiry?
The questioner : Yes, yes. So, do I build upon the rak'ah that I prayed in a state of ritual impurity?
The Shaykh : And what am I going to tell you? I am going to tell you this:
The questioner : That you build upon it.
The Shaykh : If you had remembered at that moment
The questioner : Yes
The Shaykh : that you were in a state of ritual impurity,
The questioner : Yes
The Shaykh : you would have gone to the concrete, do you know what concrete means in the Syrian dialect?
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : You would have gone to perform wudu and returned to complete the prayer where you had broken it, meaning where you left it.
The questioner : And you would say the salam with us.
The Shaykh : And you would say the salam with us if you caught up with the remaining rak'ahs completely, you would say the salam with us. And it may be that you missed a rak'ah, so you would make it up. The important thing is that you do not invalidate the prayer if you remember, because this happened to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). And this issue, I hope you pay attention to it, how is it derived from the Qur'an? A man entered in a state of ritual purity, in what? In his memory, he later remembered that, by Allah, I am not in a state of ritual purity.
So now, here there are two opinions among the scholars. Some say his prayer is invalid and he must perform wudu and resume the prayer from the beginning, as our man did. And some say he does not build upon what has passed.
And the evidence for this is what came in Sunan Abu Dawud with a sound chain from Abu Bakrah al-Thaqafi (may Allah be pleased with him), who said: He gestured, what did he say? He said: Sunan Abi Dawud 5185Da'if in chain (Al-Albani) Meaning, so he completed the prayer with us. This is the ruling.
The student: Peace be upon you.
The Shaykh : And peace be upon you, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings.
The Shaykh : The previous topic.
The student: Yes.
The Shaykh : The Sunnah and Fiqh, where did our discussion reach last?
The student: That the Messenger, when he stood up, performed wudu.
The Shaykh : The one before him.
The Shaykh : I completed it, meaning
The questioner : No, I did not build upon what came before.
The Shaykh : Then why is there no salam? What do you mean?
The questioner : Because I did not leave the prayer without salam. The text of the hadith
Its prohibition is the takbir and its permission is the salam.
تحريمها التكبير وتحليلها السلامThe Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : So I left the prayer without the salam.
The Shaykh : Meaning I broke the prayer.
The questioner : Yes, I broke the prayer. Yes.
The Shaykh : Okay, and you went to perform wudu.
The questioner : And then you returned to the prayer.
The Shaykh : And you resumed the prayer.
The questioner : Yes
The Shaykh : Okay, you could have gone to perform wudu and come back to build upon what had passed.
The questioner : Even if you were in a state of ritual impurity.
The Shaykh : Not even we have one who is in a state of ritual impurity. Even this is an addition to what? What do you want to add? Your question is related to the fact that you remembered that you were in a state of ritual impurity, is that not so?
The questioner : Yes
The Shaykh : So then, even what?
The questioner : No, no, you left the prayer without the salam, meaning you did not say the salam, you left the prayer.
The Shaykh : Okay, let us recount your words.
The questioner : So then, the point is, you say, upon what do I build? Do I build...
The Shaykh : You say, even if he was in a state of ritual impurity, is that your inquiry?
The questioner : Yes, yes. So, do I build upon the rak'ah that I prayed in a state of ritual impurity?
The Shaykh : And what am I going to tell you? I am going to tell you this:
The questioner : That you build upon it.
The Shaykh : If you had remembered at that moment
The questioner : Yes
The Shaykh : that you were in a state of ritual impurity,
The questioner : Yes
The Shaykh : you would have gone to the concrete, do you know what concrete means in the Syrian dialect?
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : You would have gone to perform wudu and returned to complete the prayer where you had broken it, meaning where you left it.
The questioner : And you would say the salam with us.
The Shaykh : And you would say the salam with us if you caught up with the remaining rak'ahs completely, you would say the salam with us. And it may be that you missed a rak'ah, so you would make it up. The important thing is that you do not invalidate the prayer if you remember, because this happened to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). And this issue, I hope you pay attention to it, how is it derived from the Qur'an? A man entered in a state of ritual purity, in what? In his memory, he later remembered that, by Allah, I am not in a state of ritual purity.
So now, here there are two opinions among the scholars. Some say his prayer is invalid and he must perform wudu and resume the prayer from the beginning, as our man did. And some say he does not build upon what has passed.
And the evidence for this is what came in Sunan Abu Dawud with a sound chain from Abu Bakrah al-Thaqafi (may Allah be pleased with him), who said:
The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said the takbir for the Fajr prayer and we said it with him, so he gestured to us to stay in our places.
كبر رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم لصلاة الصبح وكبرنا معه فأشار إلينا أن مكانكمHe gestured to stay in your places.
أشار أن مكانكمSo the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) went away.
ثم رجع رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم ورأسه يقطر ماء فصلى بناThe student: Peace be upon you.
The Shaykh : And peace be upon you, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings.
The Shaykh : The previous topic.
The student: Yes.
The Shaykh : The Sunnah and Fiqh, where did our discussion reach last?
The student: That the Messenger, when he stood up, performed wudu.
The Shaykh : The one before him.