Also, he asks: What is the ruling on one who forgets to say Allahu Akbar or Subhana Rabbi al-A'la? Does he prostrate for forgetfulness? And what about one who forgets to recite the Mother of the Book, Surat al-Fatihah?
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The questioner : Also, he asks: What is the ruling on one who forgets to say Allahu Akbar or Subhana Rabbi al-A'la? Does he prostrate for forgetfulness? And what about one who forgets to recite the Mother of the Book, Surat al-Fatihah? I hope you will inform us about this.
The Shaykh : If one forgets to say Allahu Akbar, and this was the takbir of ihram, then his prayer has not been established.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : It is obligatory for him to restart the prayer from the beginning and say the takbir of ihram.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : As for if the takbir he forgot was any takbir other than the takbir of ihram, such as the takbir for bowing, for example, then this is a deficiency of an obligatory act. He must prostrate for forgetfulness, and its place is before the salam. Likewise, if he forgets to say Subhana Rabbi al-A'la, this is a deficiency of an obligatory act, and he prostrates for it before the salam.
As for one who forgets to recite al-Fatihah, reciting al-Fatihah is a pillar of the prayer. If a person forgets it in a rak'ah, he returns to it.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : He returns to that rak'ah to recite al-Fatihah, as long as he has not reached or stood up for the next rak'ah. If he stands up for the next rak'ah, that rak'ah becomes a substitute for the rak'ah in which he forgot al-Fatihah.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : An example of this is a man who, after saying the takbir of ihram, forgot to recite al-Fatihah, so he bowed. When he bowed, prostrated, and sat between the two prostrations, he remembered that he had not recited al-Fatihah. We tell him: Stand up, stand up from your sitting.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : And recite al-Fatihah, complete your prayer, and say the salam. Then prostrate for forgetfulness after the salam. This is an example of remembering before reaching the standing for the next rak'ah.
The questioner : Yes, so, esteemed Shaykh, this ruling does not fit within the remaining time of this program episode. Perhaps we will make it the beginning of the next episode.
The Shaykh : Very well.
The questioner : If Allah wills.
The Shaykh : If Allah wills.
The questioner : Thank you, ladies and gentlemen. With us in this meeting was the esteemed Shaykh Muhammad ibn Salih al-Uthaymeen, professor at Imam University.
The Shaykh : If one forgets to say Allahu Akbar, and this was the takbir of ihram, then his prayer has not been established.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : It is obligatory for him to restart the prayer from the beginning and say the takbir of ihram.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : As for if the takbir he forgot was any takbir other than the takbir of ihram, such as the takbir for bowing, for example, then this is a deficiency of an obligatory act. He must prostrate for forgetfulness, and its place is before the salam. Likewise, if he forgets to say Subhana Rabbi al-A'la, this is a deficiency of an obligatory act, and he prostrates for it before the salam.
As for one who forgets to recite al-Fatihah, reciting al-Fatihah is a pillar of the prayer. If a person forgets it in a rak'ah, he returns to it.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : He returns to that rak'ah to recite al-Fatihah, as long as he has not reached or stood up for the next rak'ah. If he stands up for the next rak'ah, that rak'ah becomes a substitute for the rak'ah in which he forgot al-Fatihah.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : An example of this is a man who, after saying the takbir of ihram, forgot to recite al-Fatihah, so he bowed. When he bowed, prostrated, and sat between the two prostrations, he remembered that he had not recited al-Fatihah. We tell him: Stand up, stand up from your sitting.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : And recite al-Fatihah, complete your prayer, and say the salam. Then prostrate for forgetfulness after the salam. This is an example of remembering before reaching the standing for the next rak'ah.
The questioner : Yes, so, esteemed Shaykh, this ruling does not fit within the remaining time of this program episode. Perhaps we will make it the beginning of the next episode.
The Shaykh : Very well.
The questioner : If Allah wills.
The Shaykh : If Allah wills.
The questioner : Thank you, ladies and gentlemen. With us in this meeting was the esteemed Shaykh Muhammad ibn Salih al-Uthaymeen, professor at Imam University.