The ruling on one who sleeps in the final prostration
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A worshipper prayed behind an imam and fell asleep in the last prostration, and he did not wake up until the imam had said the closing salam. Should he complete the prayer and perform the prostration for forgetfulness, knowing that the imam’s forgetfulness covers the follower’s?
This man who fell asleep in the last prostration, and all that remained for him was the tashahhud, and when the imam said the salam, he woke up and rose from the prostration.We say: This follower should recite the tashahhud and say the salam, and he owes no prostration; because he did not miss anything of the prayer, and the imam bears the prostration for forgetfulness on behalf of the follower if the follower did not miss anything of the prayer.
And it is obligatory for him to recite the tashahhud and say the salam. If he did not remember until a period of time had passed, or did not know until a period of time had passed, it is obligatory for him to perform the prayer in its entirety.
So it is obligatory for him to perform the prayer from its beginning. But if he remembered immediately after saying the salam with the imam that he must recite the tashahhud, it is obligatory for him to recite the tashahhud and say the salam, and he does not prostrate for forgetfulness. The reason for this is that he was following his imam.
This man who fell asleep in the last prostration, and all that remained for him was the tashahhud, and when the imam said the salam, he woke up and rose from the prostration.We say: This follower should recite the tashahhud and say the salam, and he owes no prostration; because he did not miss anything of the prayer, and the imam bears the prostration for forgetfulness on behalf of the follower if the follower did not miss anything of the prayer.
And it is obligatory for him to recite the tashahhud and say the salam. If he did not remember until a period of time had passed, or did not know until a period of time had passed, it is obligatory for him to perform the prayer in its entirety.
So it is obligatory for him to perform the prayer from its beginning. But if he remembered immediately after saying the salam with the imam that he must recite the tashahhud, it is obligatory for him to recite the tashahhud and say the salam, and he does not prostrate for forgetfulness. The reason for this is that he was following his imam.