Does the imam prostrate for forgetfulness merely for standing up in a four-rak'ah prayer to a fifth?
Machine translationRead the Arabic original
The questioner : Your Eminence, is it a condition for the imam in a four-rak'ah prayer that he prostrate for forgetfulness merely upon standing up, or merely upon his standing up?
The Shaykh : You mean the addition?
The questioner : Yes, the addition.
The Shaykh : The addition is not established unless one reaches the pillar that follows the one from which he stood. For example, if a person stands up to go to the fifth rak'ah in a four-rak'ah prayer, and then he remembers before he settles into it, he sits down and there is no prostration for forgetfulness upon him, because he did not move to the next pillar. Yes.
The Shaykh : You mean the addition?
The questioner : Yes, the addition.
The Shaykh : The addition is not established unless one reaches the pillar that follows the one from which he stood. For example, if a person stands up to go to the fifth rak'ah in a four-rak'ah prayer, and then he remembers before he settles into it, he sits down and there is no prostration for forgetfulness upon him, because he did not move to the next pillar. Yes.