The ruling on a man who forgets the second prostration and then remembers it after completing the prayer
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His Eminence the Shaykh: If a person forgets the second prostration, and after completing the prayer he remembers that he still had a prostration remaining, what should he do? Does he repeat the prayer?
Yes, if he forgets the second prostration in the last unit of prayer, says the closing salam, and then remembers,We say: he should return to the prayer and intend that he is now sitting for the supplication between the two prostrations, then perform the second prostration, then say the closing salam, then perform two prostrations after the salam.
Yes, if he forgets the second prostration in the last unit of prayer, says the closing salam, and then remembers,We say: he should return to the prayer and intend that he is now sitting for the supplication between the two prostrations, then perform the second prostration, then say the closing salam, then perform two prostrations after the salam.