During the prayer, the imam forgot and remembered al-Fatihah: does he perform a rak'ah for that, and what is the ruling for the followers if he adds a fifth?
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The questioner : During the prayer, he forgot and remembered.
The Shaykh : The imam.
The questioner : Yes, does he perform a rak'ah after that?
The Shaykh : He performs a rak'ah; how do you mean? The second rak'ah is performed, and it takes the place of the first.
The questioner : It takes the place of the first.
The Shaykh : It takes the place of the one before it.
The questioner : The followers?
The Shaykh : The followers follow him, because their prayer is still connected to his.
The questioner : And adding a fifth?
The Shaykh : This is not actually an addition, because the prayer in which the imam did not count it, they did not count it either. Or we say: they sit and wait for him to sit; they sit.
The questioner : He signals to him.
The Shaykh : And they wait for him and say the taslim with him, because his prayer is not invalid. However, if he intentionally stands up without any reason and they are certain that it is an extra, they leave him. Yes, but someone might ask: how do they know that he left out al-Fatihah?
The questioner : ... He signaled.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : The imam ... and the description of the signal.
The Shaykh : Or we say: the default is that if they recite the tasbih and persist, the default is that they do not follow him, because it may be that he is certain of his correctness and we are certain of his error. And this has happened; it has happened. A man stood up for a fifth, they recited the tasbih with him, he persisted, intended to leave, and said the taslim. When he said the taslim, he said: I had forgotten to recite al-Fatihah in one of the rak'ahs. His action is permissible, and the followers' action is permissible, because it was out of ignorance. Even if we say that waiting is obligatory in this case, they were ignorant.
The Shaykh : The imam.
The questioner : Yes, does he perform a rak'ah after that?
The Shaykh : He performs a rak'ah; how do you mean? The second rak'ah is performed, and it takes the place of the first.
The questioner : It takes the place of the first.
The Shaykh : It takes the place of the one before it.
The questioner : The followers?
The Shaykh : The followers follow him, because their prayer is still connected to his.
The questioner : And adding a fifth?
The Shaykh : This is not actually an addition, because the prayer in which the imam did not count it, they did not count it either. Or we say: they sit and wait for him to sit; they sit.
The questioner : He signals to him.
The Shaykh : And they wait for him and say the taslim with him, because his prayer is not invalid. However, if he intentionally stands up without any reason and they are certain that it is an extra, they leave him. Yes, but someone might ask: how do they know that he left out al-Fatihah?
The questioner : ... He signaled.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : The imam ... and the description of the signal.
The Shaykh : Or we say: the default is that if they recite the tasbih and persist, the default is that they do not follow him, because it may be that he is certain of his correctness and we are certain of his error. And this has happened; it has happened. A man stood up for a fifth, they recited the tasbih with him, he persisted, intended to leave, and said the taslim. When he said the taslim, he said: I had forgotten to recite al-Fatihah in one of the rak'ahs. His action is permissible, and the followers' action is permissible, because it was out of ignorance. Even if we say that waiting is obligatory in this case, they were ignorant.