Situations Where Sajdah Al-Sahw Becomes Obligatory
Issue No.1099- As an obligatory precaution one should perform sajdah al-sahw after prayer in the following cases according to the method that will be explained: 1- Inadvertently speaking during prayer, Meaning engaging in speech [during prayer] assuming that the prayer has completed.2- Reciting salām at the wrong place, like in the second rak‘at of a four rak‘at prayer3- Forgotten sajdah,4- Forgotten tashahhud,5- If one inadvertently sits down where he should stand, and vice versa.6- When one doubts between four and five rak‘ats after the second sajdah, it is obligatory to complete the prayer, and then perform sajdah al-sahw. For omission or addition other than these cases, performance of sajdah al-sahw is mustaḥab.
