The ruling on a traveler who intends to shorten the prayer but stands for the third unit in error
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Your Eminence! I was traveling, and the time for the midday prayer arrived, so I prayed the midday and afternoon prayers shortened and combined. However, regarding the afternoon prayer, the one who was praying the afternoon prayer did not know how to bow or prostrate properly, and he prayed three units with us in error. When I sat for the third unit, I stood up and completed the fourth unit, then I said the closing salam and did not perform the prostration for forgetfulness. All of this was due to my ignorance. But I went back and prayed the afternoon prayer again, shortened, to dispel the doubt in my heart. May Allah reward you with good?
As for your repeating the prayer, there is nothing wrong with it, and it is a valid action. As for your completing the fourth unit when the imam stood for the third in error, and then you performed the prostration for forgetfulness, that was a mistake on your part; because if a person is a traveler who shortens the prayer and stands for the third unit in error, it is obligatory for him to return as soon as he remembers. He should return, sit, and recite the final tashahhud, then say the salam and perform two prostrations and say the salam. This is obligatory for the imam. But perhaps he was ignorant, and the prostration for forgetfulness may serve as compensation for the deficiency, if Allah wills.
The questioner: Do we pray behind someone who does not settle in bowing and prostration?The Shaykh: No.
One does not pray behind someone who does not settle in prostration and bowing. From the moment he bows the first time and you realize that he has not settled, intend to separate from him and complete the prayer alone.
Your Eminence! I was traveling, and the time for the midday prayer arrived, so I prayed the midday and afternoon prayers shortened and combined. However, regarding the afternoon prayer, the one who was praying the afternoon prayer did not know how to bow or prostrate properly, and he prayed three units with us in error. When I sat for the third unit, I stood up and completed the fourth unit, then I said the closing salam and did not perform the prostration for forgetfulness. All of this was due to my ignorance. But I went back and prayed the afternoon prayer again, shortened, to dispel the doubt in my heart. May Allah reward you with good?
As for your repeating the prayer, there is nothing wrong with it, and it is a valid action. As for your completing the fourth unit when the imam stood for the third in error, and then you performed the prostration for forgetfulness, that was a mistake on your part; because if a person is a traveler who shortens the prayer and stands for the third unit in error, it is obligatory for him to return as soon as he remembers. He should return, sit, and recite the final tashahhud, then say the salam and perform two prostrations and say the salam. This is obligatory for the imam. But perhaps he was ignorant, and the prostration for forgetfulness may serve as compensation for the deficiency, if Allah wills.
The questioner: Do we pray behind someone who does not settle in bowing and prostration?The Shaykh: No.
One does not pray behind someone who does not settle in prostration and bowing. From the moment he bows the first time and you realize that he has not settled, intend to separate from him and complete the prayer alone.