He also asks: Is it correct to perform the prostration for missing a rak'ah before the taslim, or is it not?
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The questioner : He also asks: Is it correct to perform the prostration for missing a rak'ah before the taslim, or is it not?
The Shaykh : No, this is not correct, because missing a rak'ah is actually an addition. If you say the taslim before completing the prayer, it is obligatory for you to perform the missing rak'ah.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : It is obligatory for you to perform the missing rak'ah. If you perform the missing rak'ah, the result is that you have added a verbal addition to the prayer, which is the taslim you said during the prayer.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : In a place where it is not appropriate. Therefore, if the prostration is for missing a rak'ah in the prayer, its place is after the taslim, because you must perform this missing rak'ah.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : However, the prostration for missing something before the taslim is correct. The prostration for missing something before the taslim, but not for missing a rak'ah, because missing a rak'ah is not conceivable, since one who misses a rak'ah must perform it. However, missing something is conceivable if one leaves out an obligatory part of the prayer, such as leaving out the first tashahhud by standing up in a three- or four-rak'ah prayer without performing the first tashahhud; in that case, he does not perform it.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : But he prostrates two prostrations before the taslim for this missing part, as established from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him).
The questioner : Allah, peace and blessings be upon him.
The Shaykh : That he stood up from the first tashahhud, so when he completed the prayer and the people waited for his taslim, he prostrated two prostrations and then said the taslim.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : So he prostrated before the taslim. The reasoning also agrees with this, because a missing part is a deficiency that a person should make up before it is completed, before he exits his prayer. Therefore, its place is before the taslim.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The Shaykh : No, this is not correct, because missing a rak'ah is actually an addition. If you say the taslim before completing the prayer, it is obligatory for you to perform the missing rak'ah.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : It is obligatory for you to perform the missing rak'ah. If you perform the missing rak'ah, the result is that you have added a verbal addition to the prayer, which is the taslim you said during the prayer.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : In a place where it is not appropriate. Therefore, if the prostration is for missing a rak'ah in the prayer, its place is after the taslim, because you must perform this missing rak'ah.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : However, the prostration for missing something before the taslim is correct. The prostration for missing something before the taslim, but not for missing a rak'ah, because missing a rak'ah is not conceivable, since one who misses a rak'ah must perform it. However, missing something is conceivable if one leaves out an obligatory part of the prayer, such as leaving out the first tashahhud by standing up in a three- or four-rak'ah prayer without performing the first tashahhud; in that case, he does not perform it.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : But he prostrates two prostrations before the taslim for this missing part, as established from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him).
The questioner : Allah, peace and blessings be upon him.
The Shaykh : That he stood up from the first tashahhud, so when he completed the prayer and the people waited for his taslim, he prostrated two prostrations and then said the taslim.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : So he prostrated before the taslim. The reasoning also agrees with this, because a missing part is a deficiency that a person should make up before it is completed, before he exits his prayer. Therefore, its place is before the taslim.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Yes.