Realizing the Shortage of Rak’ats before Offering Ihtiyat Prayers
Issue No.1090- If a person becomes certain before starting Precautionary Prayers, that the prayers he had offered had lesser Rak’ats (for example, instead of 4 Rak’ats he had offered 3 Rak’ats), if he has still not performed an act which would invalidate the prayers, he should complete those parts of the prayers that he had not performed, and as a precaution, also perform 2 Sajdatus Sahv for the extra Salam. And if he has performed an act which invalidates prayers, he should repeat the prayers.
