Cases of the prostration for forgetfulness after the closing salam
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Question:
This questioner asks, O Shaykh: When is the prostration for forgetfulness performed before the closing salam? And when is it performed after it? Please advise us, and may Allah reward you.
Answer:
The prostration for forgetfulness is performed before the closing salam, except in two cases:
The first is if the one praying says the closing salam while missing a unit of prayer or more, out of forgetfulness. He then completes the prayer, and then performs the prostration for forgetfulness after the closing salam. This is the first case: if he says the closing salam while missing a unit of prayer or more, and then he remembers or is reminded, he completes his prayer, then recites the tashahhud, completes the tashahhud, then says the closing salam, and then performs two prostrations for forgetfulness after the closing salam. This is the preferred action, as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) did when he said the closing salam while missing a unit.
The second case is if he is confused and builds his prayer on his predominant assumption. That is, if he is confused whether he prayed three or four units, and his predominant assumption is that he prayed four, he says the closing salam after finishing, and then performs the prostration for forgetfulness. Or if his predominant assumption is that he prayed three, he builds on three, then completes the prayer, and then performs the prostration for forgetfulness after the closing salam if he built on his predominant assumption. However, if he builds on certainty, he acts according to certainty, and the prostration is performed before the closing salam.
So the conclusion is that in two cases the prostration is performed after the closing salam:
The first is if he says the closing salam while missing a unit of prayer or more; in that case, it is preferred to perform the prostration after the closing salam, as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) did.
The second case is if he builds on his predominant assumption, not on certainty, but on his predominant assumption; in that case, he delays the prostration for forgetfulness until he says the closing salam, and then performs the prostration for forgetfulness after that.
The presenter: May Allah reward you with good, O Shaykh.
This questioner asks, O Shaykh: When is the prostration for forgetfulness performed before the closing salam? And when is it performed after it? Please advise us, and may Allah reward you.
Answer:
The prostration for forgetfulness is performed before the closing salam, except in two cases:
The first is if the one praying says the closing salam while missing a unit of prayer or more, out of forgetfulness. He then completes the prayer, and then performs the prostration for forgetfulness after the closing salam. This is the first case: if he says the closing salam while missing a unit of prayer or more, and then he remembers or is reminded, he completes his prayer, then recites the tashahhud, completes the tashahhud, then says the closing salam, and then performs two prostrations for forgetfulness after the closing salam. This is the preferred action, as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) did when he said the closing salam while missing a unit.
The second case is if he is confused and builds his prayer on his predominant assumption. That is, if he is confused whether he prayed three or four units, and his predominant assumption is that he prayed four, he says the closing salam after finishing, and then performs the prostration for forgetfulness. Or if his predominant assumption is that he prayed three, he builds on three, then completes the prayer, and then performs the prostration for forgetfulness after the closing salam if he built on his predominant assumption. However, if he builds on certainty, he acts according to certainty, and the prostration is performed before the closing salam.
So the conclusion is that in two cases the prostration is performed after the closing salam:
The first is if he says the closing salam while missing a unit of prayer or more; in that case, it is preferred to perform the prostration after the closing salam, as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) did.
The second case is if he builds on his predominant assumption, not on certainty, but on his predominant assumption; in that case, he delays the prostration for forgetfulness until he says the closing salam, and then performs the prostration for forgetfulness after that.
The presenter: May Allah reward you with good, O Shaykh.
Source
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