The imam forgot one of the prostrations and did not prostrate except for one prostration, then he stood up and one of the followers said
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The questioner : The imam forgot one of the prostrations and did not prostrate except for one prostration, then he stood up and one of the followers said: Subhan Allah. Then he sat down and waited for him to prostrate, but he did not prostrate. Then he said Subhan Allah and stood up, and so on. At the end of the prayer, the imam said: Why did you not say: You left a prostration? Is this statement from the followers correct when the imam leaves one of the two prostrations? May Allah reward you.
The Shaykh : The answer to this is that we say: If the imam forgets a prostration or a bowing, let them remind him and say Subhan Allah. If he does not notice, let them recite a verse from the Qur'an that refers to it. If it is a bowing, he says:[Al-Baqarah 2:43] for example, and intends with it the recitation. If it is a prostration, he recites: and intends with it the recitation, because reciting the Qur'an does not invalidate the prayer. However, if he speaks and says: You, O imam, left a prostration, then his prayer is invalid according to the stronger opinion among the opinions of the scholars.
On this occasion, I would like to say that if a person leaves a prostration until he stands up, meaning he stood up from the first rak'ah when he prostrated the first prostration and went directly to the second rak'ah, it is obligatory for him to return, even if he has started the recitation. He must return unless he reaches the place of the left part in the second rak'ah. So if he remembers when he bowed in the second rak'ah and stood up that he did not prostrate except for the first prostration in the first rak'ah, then at that time he lowers himself and sits. He sits and does not continue. He sits, even after the bowing, and does not continue. He sits and says: My Lord, forgive me and have mercy on me. He prostrates the second prostration, then stands up and completes his prayer and says the taslim. Then he prostrates two prostrations and says the taslim.
As for if he did not remember until he sat between the two prostrations of the second rak'ah, then the second rak'ah becomes the first, and the first is cancelled. He performs four rak'ahs and prostrates for forgetfulness after the salam. An example of this is a man who stood up from the first prostration directly to the second rak'ah and prayed it. When he sat between the two prostrations of the second rak'ah, he remembered that he did not prostrate in the first except for one prostration. We say: Then consider this sitting as for the first rak'ah, and prostrate, and consider the prostration as for the first rak'ah. Then stand up and consider this as the second, and continue until you complete four. At that time, the first rak'ah is composed of the first rak'ah and the second rak'ah, because it contains standing, bowing, and prostration from the first rak'ah, and it contains sitting and prostration from the second rak'ah. And when you say the taslim, you prostrate two prostrations after the salam. Yes.
The questioner : Thank you, O honorable Shaykh, and may Allah magnify your reward for what you have clarified for us and for the honorable brothers who are listening.
The Shaykh : The answer to this is that we say: If the imam forgets a prostration or a bowing, let them remind him and say Subhan Allah. If he does not notice, let them recite a verse from the Qur'an that refers to it. If it is a bowing, he says:
and bow with those who bow [in worship and obedience].
وَارْكَعُوا مَعَ الرَّاكِعِينَAnd prostrate and draw near
وَاسْجُدْ وَاقْتَرِبْOn this occasion, I would like to say that if a person leaves a prostration until he stands up, meaning he stood up from the first rak'ah when he prostrated the first prostration and went directly to the second rak'ah, it is obligatory for him to return, even if he has started the recitation. He must return unless he reaches the place of the left part in the second rak'ah. So if he remembers when he bowed in the second rak'ah and stood up that he did not prostrate except for the first prostration in the first rak'ah, then at that time he lowers himself and sits. He sits and does not continue. He sits, even after the bowing, and does not continue. He sits and says: My Lord, forgive me and have mercy on me. He prostrates the second prostration, then stands up and completes his prayer and says the taslim. Then he prostrates two prostrations and says the taslim.
As for if he did not remember until he sat between the two prostrations of the second rak'ah, then the second rak'ah becomes the first, and the first is cancelled. He performs four rak'ahs and prostrates for forgetfulness after the salam. An example of this is a man who stood up from the first prostration directly to the second rak'ah and prayed it. When he sat between the two prostrations of the second rak'ah, he remembered that he did not prostrate in the first except for one prostration. We say: Then consider this sitting as for the first rak'ah, and prostrate, and consider the prostration as for the first rak'ah. Then stand up and consider this as the second, and continue until you complete four. At that time, the first rak'ah is composed of the first rak'ah and the second rak'ah, because it contains standing, bowing, and prostration from the first rak'ah, and it contains sitting and prostration from the second rak'ah. And when you say the taslim, you prostrate two prostrations after the salam. Yes.
The questioner : Thank you, O honorable Shaykh, and may Allah magnify your reward for what you have clarified for us and for the honorable brothers who are listening.