If One Realises After Precautionary Prayer, that It Was Equal to the Deficiency in His Prayer
Issue No.1091- If a person realises after Precautionary prayer, that the deficiency in his original prayer was equal to Precautionary prayer [for example if he offers one rak‘at of Precautionary prayer in the case of doubt about three and four rak‘ats, and it transpires later that he had actually offered three rak‘ats in the original prayer], his prayer is correct. However, in case it is realized that the deficiency in the original prayer was less than the Precautionary prayer, the deficiency of the prayer should be performed as an obligatory precaution immediately; and the prayer also re-offered. If he comes to know that the deficiency of his original prayer was more than the Precautionary prayer, if he has not committed a prayer invalidator, the obligatory precaution is that he should perform the deficiency of the prayer and then repeat his original prayer as well.
