He says: If I forget while I am praying in congregation, for example, we are in the second rak'ah of the Fajr prayer, and I forget, so I stand up and then sit down, is it valid for me to perform the prostration for forgetfulness on my own?
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The questioner : He says: If I forget while I am praying in congregation, for example, we are in the second rak'ah of the Fajr prayer, and I forget, so I stand up and then sit down, is it valid for me to perform the prostration for forgetfulness on my own, or not?
The Shaykh : You do not have to perform the prostration for forgetfulness as long as you have not missed anything of the prayer. If a ma'mum (one praying behind the imam) forgets in a way that the prostration for forgetfulness would correct, while he is with the imam and has not missed anything of the prayer, the imam bears the prostration for forgetfulness for him, and the prostration is dropped from him in that case. This is because if he prostrates at that time, he would differ from his imam in following him.
The questioner : This is a message we received from al-Da'i 'A. M. F. al-Ruwaili.
The Shaykh : You do not have to perform the prostration for forgetfulness as long as you have not missed anything of the prayer. If a ma'mum (one praying behind the imam) forgets in a way that the prostration for forgetfulness would correct, while he is with the imam and has not missed anything of the prayer, the imam bears the prostration for forgetfulness for him, and the prostration is dropped from him in that case. This is because if he prostrates at that time, he would differ from his imam in following him.
The questioner : This is a message we received from al-Da'i 'A. M. F. al-Ruwaili.