If one forgets a prostration, does he repeat the unit of prayer or only the prostration? And does he recite the tashahhud after the prostrations of forgetfulness?

The questioner : May Allah reward you with good. Regarding the answer about the prostration in prostration; does he repeat only the prostration, or does he repeat the entire unit of prayer?

The Shaykh : No, there is no necessity.

The questioner : But only the prostration?

The Shaykh : Only the prostration, and we have discussed the repetition of the prostration.

The questioner : Regarding the hadith of the man with the two hands, when he repeated the two units of prayer, did he not recite the tashahhud? Did he just say the taslim immediately?

The Shaykh : I did not say that; it is not established.

The questioner : It is not established that he recited the tashahhud.

The Shaykh: Yes.

The questioner : But when the prayer...

The Shaykh : Meaning, he recites the tashahhud of the prostrations of forgetfulness.

The questioner: Yes.

The Shaykh : Are you not asking about this?

The questioner : He is asking about when he prayed the two units.

Another questioner : In the tashahhud of the prayer itself.

The Shaykh : It must be this.

The questioner : The tashahhud of the prayer itself.

The Shaykh : The tashahhud of the prayer is necessary.

The questioner : It is necessary.

The Shaykh : But what we denied is the tashahhud after the two prostrations. We did not say that some schools of jurisprudence say that, but this is not established.

The questioner : In the case of the prostration, meaning only the prostration? In the case of the question, that the one who forgot a prostration?

The Shaykh : Only the prostration.

The questioner : Only the prostration, and the prostrations of forgetfulness?

The Shaykh: Yes.

The questioner : And he says the taslim.

The Shaykh: Yes.