If a man is in a state of major ritual impurity and enters the prayer while forgetting, he may go and perform the full ritual bath, then complete the prayer.

The Shaykh : Here is very important jurisprudence: if a man enters the prayer while not in a state of ritual purity, forgetting, and then he remembers, if he is able to and the ablution area is near him, he performs the ablution and completes the prayer; he does not restart it. He does not restart it; he builds upon what has passed.

The questioner : If he prayed one or two units of prayer.

The Shaykh : He builds upon what has passed. Yes, that is correct. This is different from if he remembers after the prayer, after he has said the closing salam, that he was not in a state of ritual purity, whether he was in a state of major ritual impurity or in a state of minor ritual impurity. In this case, he must perform the ablution and the full ritual bath and repeat the prayer.